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What does Turkish sound like to non-Turks?
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01 May 2008 Thu 11:57 pm |
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Do the sounds resemble any other particular language for example? Some say it sounds very much like Russian.
btw, I mean the Turkish without accent and spoken in Istanbul.
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:04 am |
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Quoting tamikidakika: Do the sounds resemble any other particular language for example? Some say it sounds very much like Russian.
btw, I mean the Turkish without accent and spoken in Istanbul. |
Sounds like Turkish to me, us Westeners don't notice any regional accents 
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:07 am |
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To me, nothing can sound as bad as Russian.  
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:10 am |
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Quoting catwoman: To me, nothing can sound as bad as Russian. |
Aren`t you Polish? 
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:12 am |
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Quoting tamikidakika: Aren`t you Polish? |
Does that mean that I can't dislike Russian?  (maybe I dislike Russian exactly because I'm Polish )
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:12 am |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting tamikidakika: Do the sounds resemble any other particular language for example? Some say it sounds very much like Russian.
btw, I mean the Turkish without accent and spoken in Istanbul. |
Sounds like Turkish to me, us Westeners don't notice any regional accents |
My parents are from the central Anatolia and it`s a big difference. The Istanbul accent is much more polished, and it doesn`t have this annoying sound that comes from throat (like that in French).
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:13 am |
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Quoting tamikidakika: Quoting catwoman: To me, nothing can sound as bad as Russian. |
Aren`t you Polish? |
Therefore next to Russia (or it was when it was the USSR) now Belarus! What makes you think Turkish sounds like Russian anyway? All those "z's" and spitting sounds?
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:13 am |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting tamikidakika: Aren`t you Polish? |
Does that mean that I can't dislike Russian? (maybe I dislike Russian exactly because I'm Polish ) |
You can but Polish and Russian sound very similar to me
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:15 am |
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Quoting libralady: Therefore next to Russia |
Yes... we used to love our neighbor, and it was a requited love! They taught us how to add some ethanol to life! 
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:16 am |
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Quoting tamikidakika: Quoting catwoman: Quoting tamikidakika: Aren`t you Polish? |
Does that mean that I can't dislike Russian? (maybe I dislike Russian exactly because I'm Polish ) |
You can but Polish and Russian sound very similar to me |
Does to me too! We have lots of Polish and Russian in our town along with Lituanians, Estonians and Latvians and they all sound the same to me.
Kind regards
Mrs Invisable
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:16 am |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting tamikidakika: Quoting catwoman: To me, nothing can sound as bad as Russian. |
Aren`t you Polish? |
Therefore next to Russia (or it was when it was the USSR) now Belarus! What makes you think Turkish sounds like Russian anyway? All those "z's" and spitting sounds? |
I didn`t say it sounds like Russian, I have heard this from a couple of people (non-Turks).
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:17 am |
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Quoting libralady: Does to me too! We have lots of Polish and Russian in our town along with Lituanians, Estonians and Latvians and they all sound the same to me.
Kind regards
Mrs Invisable |
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:18 am |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting tamikidakika: You can but Polish and Russian sound very similar to me |
OMG!!!  You did NOT say this! Never say that to a Polish person!!!!!    |
Breaking news: War has broken out between Catwoman and tamikidakika.....................................
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:21 am |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting catwoman: Quoting tamikidakika: You can but Polish and Russian sound very similar to me |
OMG!!! You did NOT say this! Never say that to a Polish person!!!!! |
Breaking news: War has broken out between Catwoman and tamikidakika..................................... |
any Russian here to side with me?
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:22 am |
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Quoting tamikidakika: any Russian here to side with me? |
Daydreamer, where are you??? He has just offended Polishness!!!
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:23 am |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting libralady: Does to me too! We have lots of Polish and Russian in our town along with Lituanians, Estonians and Latvians and they all sound the same to me.
Kind regards
Mrs Invisable |
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Sorry
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:23 am |
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Quoting libralady: Breaking news: War has broken out between Catwoman and tamikidakika..................................... |
And YOU too!!!
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:25 am |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting libralady: Breaking news: War has broken out between Catwoman and tamikidakika..................................... |
And YOU too!!! |
I am going to scuttle off before I say anything else that I will regret! finish my packing and go to bed
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:27 am |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting catwoman: Quoting libralady: Breaking news: War has broken out between Catwoman and tamikidakika..................................... |
And YOU too!!! |
I am going to scuttle off before I say anything else that I will regret! finish my packing and go to bed |
I will catch you when you are back, worry not!
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:28 am |
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Now that I know how Turkish sounds, it only sounds like Turkish to me.... :-S But I thought that it sounded a bit like Romanian/Bulgarian... (definitely much nicer then Russian!!!)
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02 May 2008 Fri 12:29 am |
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Quoting catwoman: To me, nothing can sound as bad as Russian. |
Russian sounds bad?? I'm in love with it!!! 
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02 May 2008 Fri 09:10 am |
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Can't help ya Kitty here, I love the sound of Russian and I think it sounds better than Polish. Polish is way harsher and has lots of sounds that foreigners abhor.
As for Turkish, the first time I heard it I felt it sounded a bit like a French person was trying to speak Chinese. I fell in love with that sound immediately
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02 May 2008 Fri 03:48 pm |
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I was in the bus with a Turkish friend of mine, and we were speaking Turkish. There were two people next to us, who asked me what language I was speaking with Caner. They said they thought it was something Scandinavian. So to some people it sounds Scandinavian
I cant remember what it sounded like for me, though.
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02 May 2008 Fri 04:40 pm |
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I was in a "rapido" train with a friend (Turkish) from "Frenze" to "Milano" in Italy. we were speaking in Turkish. Sometime in the middle of journey, one person came to us to tell something and asked which language we would prefer. He thought we were speaking in French (or similar). I guess there were a lot of French words during my conversation with my friend.
Usually we have French versions of the words entered to Turkish from European languages.
organizasyon
similasyon
aksiyon
laboratuar
pardon
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02 May 2008 Fri 07:22 pm |
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everyone knows its a man with an Oberdeutsch accent that drives women crazy!!!
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02 May 2008 Fri 08:46 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: everyone knows its a man with an Oberdeutsch accent that drives women crazy!!! |
I am so sorry for you Keith... :-S
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03 May 2008 Sat 03:08 am |
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Quoting catwoman: Now that I know how Turkish sounds, it only sounds like Turkish to me.... :-S But I thought that it sounded a bit like Romanian/Bulgarian... (definitely much nicer then Russian!!!) |
As Romanian?I wish it would be like this (..I would learn more faster this language
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05 May 2008 Mon 01:34 pm |
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As already been said there are lots of French words in Turkish but i don't think it sounds anything like french in the main!
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