Gilles Tran wrote:

> Or try vietnamese. Not only it's tonal (6 tones) but each vowel has several 
> variants ("accents"). Add to this that the language is pretty much 
> monosyllabic and the way it's pronounced varies wildly between regions.
> 
> One should better learn it as a kid: past a certain age it becomes difficult 
> to tell apart some of the sounds and only very gifted foreigners can 
> actually become fluent enough so that "Nice to meet you" doesn't sound like 
> "Your mother's nipples smell like rotten catfish" to vietnamese ears.

Actually, I was just thinking... What if you had some brain disorder 
that made all your words come out in the same flat tone? Everybody would 
think you're insulting them of something... heh!

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