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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:34 pm

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The only songs I've heard with the languages mixed are Japanese songs. They have very few things in English usually. Usually like a few words or a sentance or two and that's it. I don't mind it. I like what they did on Disney's Mulan. One of the special features is a multi-lingual reel, where several people from different languages sing different parts of the song "Be A Man". It sounds really cool and they go really well together. 3nodding

in Japanese Anime they mix japanified-english in a lot of the their theme songs and some titles of songs don't make sense like

"You get to burning" that makes no no sense at all

That's because they change the grammar to make it sound better.
ほほえみのばくだん=A Smile's Bomb 3nodding That one makes sense.

it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:03 pm

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it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

You must not know Japanese grammar very well.

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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:46 pm

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it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

You must not know Japanese grammar very well.

Actually I am
so Nanmennayo! and I was refering to how they use Engelsk!

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:56 pm

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it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

You must not know Japanese grammar very well.

Actually I am
so Nanmennayo! and I was refering to how they use Engelsk!

Oh yeah? Then can you tell me how to use particles? surprised
And what do you mean? They use English just fine in my songs.

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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:25 pm

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it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

You must not know Japanese grammar very well.

Actually I am
so Nanmennayo! and I was refering to how they use Engelsk!

Oh yeah? Then can you tell me how to use particles? surprised
And what do you mean? They use English just fine in my songs.

it's the structure, holding the major components together and serving as indicators for the words they follow or are stuck between.
they sometimes have their own meanings, but mainly as prepositions and some can be omitted in informal conversation.
there are some exceptions that defy all reason. While some particles more or less follow certain rules regarding use.

Then many songs I listen to
such as "You get to Burning"
don't use it properly meaning they don't put it together the right way.
I'm not saying all japanese songs that use engelsk words do it just a few
ps. I've been to Tokyo before I would know this

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:31 am

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it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

You must not know Japanese grammar very well.

Actually I am
so Nanmennayo! and I was refering to how they use Engelsk!

Oh yeah? Then can you tell me how to use particles? surprised
And what do you mean? They use English just fine in my songs.

it's the structure, holding the major components together and serving as indicators for the words they follow or are stuck between.
they sometimes have their own meanings, but mainly as prepositions and some can be omitted in informal conversation.
there are some exceptions that defy all reason. While some particles more or less follow certain rules regarding use.

Then many songs I listen to
such as "You get to Burning"
don't use it properly meaning they don't put it together the right way.
I'm not saying all japanese songs that use engelsk words do it just a few
ps. I've been to Tokyo before I would know this

I meant what does each particle do?

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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:18 pm

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it makes more sense to say "if you dream about a dream then it won't be a dream" than "I horse eating"

You must not know Japanese grammar very well.

Actually I am
so Nanmennayo! and I was refering to how they use Engelsk!

Oh yeah? Then can you tell me how to use particles? surprised
And what do you mean? They use English just fine in my songs.

it's the structure, holding the major components together and serving as indicators for the words they follow or are stuck between.
they sometimes have their own meanings, but mainly as prepositions and some can be omitted in informal conversation.
there are some exceptions that defy all reason. While some particles more or less follow certain rules regarding use.

Then many songs I listen to
such as "You get to Burning"
don't use it properly meaning they don't put it together the right way.
I'm not saying all japanese songs that use engelsk words do it just a few
ps. I've been to Tokyo before I would know this

I meant what does each particle do?

ooh
Wakarimashita

It helps structure the sentence together and Some of my japanese knowledge just flushed itself down the toilet
will you visit the Hokkaido-ben dialect please

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:00 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKmoXLESKzk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwFO5tK77gs

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:38 am

I love spanish and arabic songs mixed together.I think there known as Andalusian songs.Anyways they sound beautiful and they also sound really sad.

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:27 am

Feudeaube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKmoXLESKzk

]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwFO5tK77gs

I love them! xD

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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:19 am

People have been mixing languages in songs for centuries. Go to the right church, and traditional hymns are sung- mostly in English, but some have bits of Latin.

I have no problem with language mixing- it can be a lot of fun.

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:46 pm

The band Rammstein, on occasion, has mixed English and Russian in with their usual German lyrics. Those songs came out sounding so cool <3.

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:31 am

well black eyed peas mix some of their songs
like it would be in tagalog and english ^^

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:43 am

I like it.

Björk often mixes in Icelandic words, and Regina Spektor uses Russian. I think it's awesome.

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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:47 pm

This song Jique by Brazilian Girls mixes several languages.

Tu sais pour toi j’ai une faiblesse
Si si, pour toi un-e faiblesse…
A chaque fois that we’re together
Penso: my heart goes purpur

You know ‘You’ve got that feeling’ – you’ve got that feeling
Ce qu’on appelle
That feeling –that feeling
Goes well with my nature
Mit meiner Natur

Jique – Jique – Jique
Jique çe soir

Sundays ok son
Sundays ok

You know : I really really like you
I said : I really really like you
Çe n’est pas de la paresse
Wenn ich mich ver-ges-se

You’ve got a nose and that feeling
Cio che si dice il:
Feeling
Ich sag:
T’es comme un parasite
Plus je gratte plus ça pique!

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