Sunday, March 22, 2015
What Sound Does a Pencil Make in German?
Now, I know that this isn't specifically about how sounds are made in languages, but I thought that it was an amazing example of how the sounds can change for the same object in different languages. We all know that there are different words depending on what language you speak, but they all share the meanings. This video is a funny take on how the same thing can sound so similar (or in Germany's case so different) depending on the language that's being spoken.
The pronunciation is so different in each language, some are soft and gentle, others sound harsh and powerful. To hear the differences of each language all side-by-side is actually a very beautiful thing to me. All languages share a beauty in their nature, twisting about in a rise and fall of sounds that make up a speech of which others can understand with ease. The whole concept is mind-boggling as well as stunning. I hope you all can enjoy the video! See you in class!
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Juliana Mandile
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3 comments:
Holy crap was that funny. I love how angry German sounds compared to the other languages. It would have been awesome if they added Russian in there too just to see which sounded angrier.
German sounds so complex compared to the other languages. For something so simple as pen, the German word for it can be so huge. I really liked this. A great comparison between different languages. Some of them like Italian and Spanish had the same sounds or sounded just the same excluding the accent!
Oh goodness, we used the same video! I knew I wasn't going to be the only one to find this funny. Great job! :)
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