I find that, thanks to the fact that German is probably THE stress-unstress language, that it also is a language that has a lot of depth to its texture, more so then many other languages I think. Yes, German can be quite ugly, and quite harsh. The remarkable thing is in the mouth of a different speaker that stresses or inflects things a touch differently, it can also sound like the most sensual bedroom talk you've ever heard in you life. So I've always very much respected it as a very dynamic language with a potential for lots of extremes.
My main knowledge of the sound of German is through choral works. I always think it's such a pity that most people associate German with the manic raving nature of Hitler's speech rather then the amazingly lush sound you'd find in say, Brahms. Oh, and Ode to Joy? German, duh.
Another case in point is this Brazilian Girls song here, I was actually told by an online friend of mine after he viewed it that he never realized German could sound so pretty. He thought at first it might be French! (Which, if you ask me, is highly overrated and crude sounding in comparison to lots of other languages, due to all those neutral vowels.)
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I find that, thanks to the fact that German is probably THE stress-unstress language, that it also is a language that has a lot of depth to its texture, more so then many other languages I think. Yes, German can be quite ugly, and quite harsh. The remarkable thing is in the mouth of a different speaker that stresses or inflects things a touch differently, it can also sound like the most sensual bedroom talk you've ever heard in you life. So I've always very much respected it as a very dynamic language with a potential for lots of extremes.
My main knowledge of the sound of German is through choral works. I always think it's such a pity that most people associate German with the manic raving nature of Hitler's speech rather then the amazingly lush sound you'd find in say, Brahms. Oh, and Ode to Joy? German, duh.
Another case in point is this Brazilian Girls song here, I was actually told by an online friend of mine after he viewed it that he never realized German could sound so pretty. He thought at first it might be French! (Which, if you ask me, is highly overrated and crude sounding in comparison to lots of other languages, due to all those neutral vowels.)
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