i've seen a few discussions on how cantonese or certain southeast asian languages sound "harsh" or "loud" while mandarin or northeastern asian languages sound more smooth and quiet, but what about english?

i heard somewhere that some people are reminded of snakes hissing when they hear english 'cause of all the 'S' sounds the language has. just look at the word "possesses" lol. other than that, i guess it's pretty smooth and monotone sounding. not elegant, but not harsh/unpleasant either.

English sounds okay. It is not bad or goodsounding. Many children in the world grew up with music and movies from America.

Mandarin doesn't sound smooth to my ears, but a lot better than Cantonese. haha

English sounds like hissing noises.

American English sounds better/nicer then UK English (imo)

Yes a lot of sss sshh sch , sounds

My dad said English sounds choppy.

Some Asian languages hurt my ears. I can't stand them.

I dont see how Mandarin sounds smooth. Its a very choppy language. All the monosyllabic words.

Perfect example is "THE SIMS" I think their language was supposed to sound like English.

SIMLISH SONGS

Smile - Simlish
Pressure - Simlish
Hot n Cold - Simlish

English sounds just like German or Dutch without all the guttural consonants.

all the SSSSS and consonant stops are painful to the untrained ear .


the ca(t ) s-a(t) on the ma(t)

meyee k-yi(t)s-ma(t)


there is a old Burmese saying that to speak English fluently one must eat chilli ( because it sounds like the noise your tongue makes when it's burnt )

White people in general sound very 'nasally'. I am told

I think a pretty good way of hearing how a language would sound to non-speakers when you do speak the language is to mix up words that don't make sense together and have someone read them out loud. This way, you won't get distracted by the meaning.

That's help a lot!

At first, I've read it myself and I see no difference
So I have my friend read it for me and now I know^^

My cousin said the exact same thing! She said that english is very nasally sounding and a bit twangy..maybe she was listening to country music lol. For example: know, annoying, numb, not, nut, only, etc...