How does Russian sounds to you? (for non-natives)
Just interesting. I can't really see how it sounds to a non-native ear. For instance for me English sounds like more formal, firm, technological. Spanish, Italian, French - very musical. Chinese, Japanese, Korean - kind of weird, very particular to white people.Please don't pass by, it's so easy to answer, but so interesting to me.

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How does Russian sounds to you? (for non-natives)
Just interesting. I can't really see how it sounds to a non-native ear. For instance for me English sounds like more formal, firm, technological. Spanish, Italian, French - very musical. Chinese, Japanese, Korean - kind of weird, very particular to white people.Please don't pass by, it's so easy to answer, but so interesting to me.

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To me, it sounds like someone is playing a recording in English backwards.  The sounds are very unfamiliar, and it takes me a good long while to realize when someone with a Russian accent is actually speaking English.

(But I think maybe I'm a more of a hick than the rest of the italki users, hehe...)

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It sounds slightly harsh but cool either way.

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Русский язык многогранен, в том числе многогранно его звучание. Различными факторами являются: "начитанность" человека - его словарный запас, место его проживания (влияет диалект), интонация произношения и многое другое. 
Интересно, слышать английский с русским акцентом - грубовато, зато всё понятно :)

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if i listen to it i think the words it sound like R letter.

cowboy...

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Firm, yet palatable and pleasant.

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