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Old 05-07-2015, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ebacon View Post
Italian is nice to listen to. There was something on TV, a TED talk I think, that discussed languages and pointed out speed changes that Italians use to add feeling to their sentences. In that regard Italian has a musical component to it that most languages do not.
Agreed. To my ears, Italian is easily the most beautiful spoken language. I remember a time when my wife and I were at the Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking Florence at sundown with a group of Italian schoolgirls within earshot. Their chatter was as beautiful as a flock of songbirds.
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