The best joke I've heard about Russian language (and it's my native language) that makes all other Russian speaking people I've told it too laugh is this: When Russians speak it sounds like somebody is playing a cassette tape backwards.

For any Slavs any other Slavic language sounds funny, by some unknown reason. Does Dutch sound funny for English speakers as most close to English language?

Пиздоблядская мондопроебина, охуевшая от невъебенного залупоглазия.

For any Slavs any other Slavic language sounds funny, by some unknown reason. Does Dutch sound funny for English speakers as most close to English language?

No idea, but I've heard some Spanish speaking people imitate English by saying wiki waka wookoo waka. Apparently the "w" sounds very distinct to them and is used a lot: "While I was walking with my wife". Anyway, I believe that the beauty of a language is in the mouth of a bespeaker and in the ears of a belistener XD There's an interesting short film that allows Americans to understand what English sounds like to foreigners without ever being able to understand what the actors are saying. Here's the video if anybody's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY

Being able to laugh at ourselves, and each other, is what binds us as brothers and sisters. Regardless of language, or location. There is a difference between a stereotype meant to be derogatory, and that which is meant in gentle humour. I saddened you cant see the difference, or that your sense of self importance, means your ego is so easily bruised.

Totally wrong if you're seriously thinking or stating the closest language to Dutch would be English. Dutch is if course closest to German, because it is a Germanic language, too. In fact Dutch only developed around 500 years ago from the German spoken on both sides of the border. Martin Luther e.g. spoke the very same ancient version of German. So nowadays Dutch is mostly based on 500yo German with simplified grammar and filled up with quite a bunch of English words.

Понимаю, что не мне, но на всякий случай обосрался.

Как ни странно, эту самую сложную материю конструкцию я услышал от студента-астронома, к тому же поклонника Толкиена, так называемого толкиноида ))

I just compare the sounds. Deutsch is firmly structured, pronunciation is clearly and eliminating any double meaning, English sounds more blurred and relaxed. Dutch is somewhere in between, in my humble perception.

Похоже не стоит с эльфоёбами связываться. =)

Как ни странно, эту самую сложную материю конструкцию я услышал от студента-астронома, к тому же поклонника Толкиена, так называемого толкиноида ))

Are u a native German speaker ? I bet you're not. So how should you know or you only could make a sound judgement re this.... Hilarious.

Lmao, everyone is native to somewhere, and we all have our stereotypes. That you are choosing to take offence speaks volumes. the context here is clearly light hearted banter.. and there are 4 nationalities mentioned, in this meme with the English portrayed as pussycats. You really need to get over yourself, and take that stick out of your arse before you do yourself a mischief.

Indeed. Его как раз звали Эльф в его кругах, при этом он утверждал, что в нем сосуществуют две сущности - мужская по имени Елф, и женская - Ебельфь. Что за лингвистический праздник! ))

А вообще забавно, сколько тут русскоговорящих. Я думал я один такой странный, который подписан на живущую в Австрии американку с республиканскими наклонностями. XD