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Well, English is my 2nd language, so I would have to say that the phrase "You are so fine" would be the most sexiest and at the same time "wholesome" thing to say in my opinion.

Of course they should normally sound differently, after all, languages vary right? The words and the pronunciation are different, even English can sound varied depending on who's speaking it. (American ,Australian, British, etc.)

I'm not sure about this theory, although we usually tend to think when we are speaking in a foreign language because it's not our native tongue as compared to speaking in the language that we grew up with. But language in general doesn't really shape the way we think. It's a different aspect.

I see, so that's why I wasn't able to see the 4th one. Until I read your post, the 2nd "the" in the title was really invisible to my eyes! The brain is really good at cloaking double and repetitive words, huh? :grin:

I would have to agree that it should be a mix of all 3! Plus if it's possible, immersion around the people who speak that particular language is a must so that you can also pick up the proper sentence construction, pronunciation, and grammar.

Download songs of the language that you want to learn, then listen to it and try to translate it. It can also help you to know the proper sentence construction of that language and how it is used, since it's also similar to speaking. I'm actually now learning German unintentionally because I love listening to Rammstein.

You know you're a language nerd when you research for songs of that particular language and then translate it to English just to be able to have a better grasp on the language.

I think sleep would be the most likely thing that I would sacrifice when I'm learning a new language. And the time that I spend doing recreational activities like playing video games. But unlike you, I'm not in a hurry to learn a new language, so I'd just do it when I feel like it.

I think in my opinion, any language that we are not gonna use would be useless to learn. After all, why would you bother learning it if you're not going to use it right? But technically, any obsolete language is really obviously not worth learning, like Aramaic.

At this time, I currently have zero mentors. I only rely on the internet to be able to learn new words. But I'm really not in a hurry though to learn a new language since I'm just a casual student, I'm not moving to another country or anything.

I'm not a parent yet and I don't plan to be, but I think that it would be nice if a child knows 2 languages, so that he has the "upper hand" if the situation calls for it.

Same here, I have never used any of the tools that were mentioned because I'm just a casual language learner. Maybe when I become more serious in my studies then I would probably try out one of those tools. But for now, it's just the dictionary and Google Translate for me.

I also only found 3 doubles. Where is the 4th one? I've re-read the sentences many times already, but my count is still 3.

Every country has their native accent, like the Filipino, Indians or Chinese, you can distinguish them when they speak English. I can also distinguish an Australian accent from a British accent, but I don't think that Canadians sound different than Americans, except for the fact that Canadians can speak and understand French.

I've always heard that people find French sexy, but I think Spanish is also sexy sounding. English can be a sexy language, but you have to be in your bedroom voice and choose the right words for it to sound sexy. lol.

Games like Scrabble and Text Twist can help increase your vocabulary, but I don't think that it can help you to learn a new language. The only time that it can is when you downloaded a foreign language of a game and you're forced to use Google Translate to be able to know the commands for that game. And that happened to me twice. The game was in Spanish and the other game I discarded, because it was written in symbols instead of words.

That's actually a better way to learn a new language you know, thru constant repetition the "natural" way, and thru immersion. After all, that was how we learned our native language when we were kids right? It wouldn't really be good if you force yourself to memorize all those words and what they mean. You should memorize them the "natural" way.

Thank you for sharing this, I have always known that not every word has an exact equivalent translation in another language, and I think that would be impossible. However, any word that cannot be directly translated can be explained into what it means, like what the article has done.

Not really, I find people who can speak many languages quite intelligent, but for me, being attractive is dependent on one's physical features and how they carry themselves.

Well, I have to agree that English is indeed the language that has the most words, not to mention that it is the most used language too. Here are 2 links for more info: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/is-it-true-that-english-has-the-most-words-of-any-language http://languages.com/2013/02/06/the-language-with-the-most-words/

It may indicate intelligence, but I think that they just had the time and environment or had the needed immersion to be able to be fluent in it. Because being fluent in many languages can't assure that you're witty or good in academics, you just know how to speak a language fluently.

Google translate would never, ever become a substitute for manually learning a new language since it's computerized, and it can't process translations the way a human brain does. A good example would be the number 4 point in that article. "Sixty two" in Tagalog is "animnapu't dalawa, obviously not "62".

Well I think aside from speaking, I think writing would be the only way that you can properly communicate coherently especially if you're not deaf or mute. Of course there's also Braille, but you wouldn't want to go blind just to be able to learn how to use it right?

I have unconsciously and unintentionally learned English because English is widely spoken in the Philippines anyway, so it's kind of like considered as a "2nd mother tongue" in my country. But even if that's the case here, I know some people who can't be fluent in English despite the wide exposure to the language. Some even can't understand English, usually those are the people that live in the slums. So in a way, yes I feel empowered because I'm one of the "lucky ones" who are able to have a good and fluent grasp of the language.

I think I would have to agree with you, because English does sound pleasant to the ears, even their curse words sound pleasant as compared to my native language, or the curse words that I know that are in Spanish.