Valentine's Day may be over but do you know which is the most romantic word in the world? In a pre-Valentine's Day survey conducted by London-based Today Translations, 320 language experts were asked to vote for the word that they thought was the most romantic.
Here is the final list of the top four most romantic word in the world:
1. amour (French for "love")
2. amore (Italian for "love")
3. belissima (Italian/Spanish for "very beautiful")
4. tesoro (Italian/Spanish for "treasure")
In the same survey, these linguistic experts voted Italian as the world's most romantic language, ahead of French. Spanish and English came in joint third place.
Funnily enough, these linguists were also asked to vote for the least romantic way to say "I love you" and Japanese came in tops. Japanese for "I love you" is said "watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu", which to me, doesn't sound bad at all unless you say it syllable by syllable which means that you don't even know Japanese in the first place. LOL
Second worst sounding "I love you" was Welsh "rydw i'n dy garu di" while third place was won by Klingon "qaparha" as spoken in the Star Trek universe.
What an interesting survey, indeed!
Here is the final list of the top four most romantic word in the world:
1. amour (French for "love")
2. amore (Italian for "love")
3. belissima (Italian/Spanish for "very beautiful")
4. tesoro (Italian/Spanish for "treasure")
In the same survey, these linguistic experts voted Italian as the world's most romantic language, ahead of French. Spanish and English came in joint third place.
Funnily enough, these linguists were also asked to vote for the least romantic way to say "I love you" and Japanese came in tops. Japanese for "I love you" is said "watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu", which to me, doesn't sound bad at all unless you say it syllable by syllable which means that you don't even know Japanese in the first place. LOL
Second worst sounding "I love you" was Welsh "rydw i'n dy garu di" while third place was won by Klingon "qaparha" as spoken in the Star Trek universe.
What an interesting survey, indeed!
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