Cunning Linguists? (Languages!)

It's spoken on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, on the Balearic Islands, a little bit in southern France (French Catalonia), in Andorra and also in one city on the island of Sardinia. It has about 8 million speakers.

My partner speaks the occidental dialect, which is a bit different from the one spoken in northern cities like Barcelona. If you're interested the wikipedia page actually has a lot of good information: link less

So.. I'm wondering about languages and sex, and want your opinions. We've all heard that some languages are supposedly sexier than others, and I've had debates about it with friends, too. Do you agree?

First, what languages do you speak? Do you think they're sexy?

Do you think any particular language(s) is(/are) sexier than others?

Do foreign accents turn you on? (Pepe LePew, anyone?)

Have you ever had issues with foreign languages? Any ease with a language barrier? (On a trip to Europe I know lots of girls that were with us had No problem slipping away with Italian/French guys)

Let's hear the stories!! less

I speak mostly English, but know enough French and Spanish to usually understand bits and pieces of what someone is saying.

I love French, but I am not partial to any particular accent. I like Scottish, Irish and Australian but it always depends on who is doing the talking. I would do very, very bad things to Gerard Butler. less

So.. I'm wondering about languages and sex, and want your opinions. We've all heard that some languages are supposedly sexier than others, and I've had debates about it with friends, too. Do you agree?

First, what languages do you speak? Do you think they're sexy?

Do you think any particular language(s) is(/are) sexier than others?

Do foreign accents turn you on? (Pepe LePew, anyone?)

Have you ever had issues with foreign languages? Any ease with a language barrier? (On a trip to Europe I know lots of girls that were with us had No problem slipping away with Italian/French guys)

Let's hear the stories!! less

I used to be fluent in German...now only passable. I can get pieces of French, Spanish, and Portuguese. My gf was raised in a Cantonese speaking home and learned English and Mandarin growing up, she won't use either in the bedroom (Cantonese or Mandarin). She says it'd be a turn off for her. I can see that. Nothing like conjugating verbs while other things are going on!

I think the hottest accent is Welsh or Irish...Australian accents are pretty hot too. less

I speak English and French. I think that French happens to be very lovely, though I am more fluent in English. Accents don't turn me on, actually. I want to learn German because it's the perfect language for dominance.

I've never had an issue with any languages because I'm very good with learning new ones. Aside from that, no one has ever spoken to me in any language other than English during sex. I've spoken to partners in French, though, and they swooned over it. less

I speak English and Mandarin Chinese fluently. I took a few German classes in high school and college, so I have what I call a "working knowledge" of German. I've picked up a bit of Cantonese and Japanese as well.

I think Tolkien's brand of Elvish is the sexiest language out there. Nerdy, right? I really love lyrical, "cute"-sounding languages. When it comes to accents, though, I love Indian because of they way they pitch their syllables and Eastern European as well.

My only issues with foreign languages is when someone asks me a complex question in one of my "other" languages and I can see the answer in my head in English, but I can't figure out how to say it in that language. It's so frustrating! less

French, Russian, English, a little Mandarin. Russian is Sexy, Ukraniaan is sexy. There are a couple languages from Southeast Asia that sound like chickens pecking. Not sexy. Most people I hear speaking Spanish speak to fast to sound sexy. Latin is not sexy. less

I speak English, French and Spanish, plus a smattering of German and I took Russian at school, so I still have vague memories of repeating phrases like 'oo menya yest karandash' (I have a pencil). The really useful stuff.

I have perfected the phrase "I learned German at school, but it was so long ago that I have forgotten virtually all of it", in a good German accent, which comes fairly easily for people from the north of England, like me. It really impresses German speakers till they ask me something else and I smile vacantly and say it again. Following it up with my other German sentence, remembered verbatim from school: 'Peter steckt das Baby in dem Kleiderschrank', is the coup de grace, so to speak.

Sexiest accent, I think, is French. It's a language in which many of the sounds are formed right at the tips o' the lips, so if you're lucky enough to get close enough to a native French speaker it can be quite hypnotising.

Spanish, at least European Spanish, sounds like typewriters. Doesn't generally do it for me, but hey, context is everything. I had a Welsh girlfriend back in college who used to call me a cripple ('oh, you crri - pel!' was a standard Cardiff term of endearment at the time!). In the right tone and circumstance, it was one of the oddest turnons I've ever experienced. less