Star3098

Church, once you understand the words they never sound the same. I agree Finnish sounds weird,but not as weird as some Baltic languages like Estonian. It simply sounds "broken" to me.

All languages I know sound kinda the same. The languages I don't know, but familiar with sound different ( Arabic which I spoke when I lived in Syria for about 2 years) . All languages(Russian, German) I know are just the same. The languages I can get by in sound appealing,howbeit once you have settled into a language usually by using it continuously for about 9 years it loses its allure(I'd even go so far as to say that you stop seeing it as a "language" and start seeing as an especial part of your life). Whence I'm standing all the languages seem the same. They all have the same descriptive ability which is limited only by abilities of its speakers. Their sounds convey information and the way sounds are per se don't seem to matter much. And by the way there's no such thing as forgetting a language you have properly learned (as in used it on a daily basis for at least 6 years). I haven't used some of my languages (Russian my native tongue, German 9 years of living in Germany) for over a decade on end with no deterioration to them and I don't have any plans on using any language other than English for the rest of my life except for when I'm traveling. Well, I even registered to post this.