• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 17:01
CET 22:01
KST 06:01
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win02026 KungFu Cup Announcement5BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12Blizzard Classic Cup - Tastosis announced as captains17Weekly Cups (March 2-8): ByuN overcomes PvT block4
StarCraft 2
General
Potential Updates Coming to the SC2 CN Server Blizzard Classic Cup - Tastosis announced as captains Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win GSL CK - New online series BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled
Tourneys
2026 KungFu Cup Announcement [GSL CK] #2: Team Classic vs. Team Solar [GSL CK] #1: Team Maru vs. Team herO RSL Season 4 announced for March-April PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar)
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026] Map Editor closed ?
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 517 Distant Threat Mutation # 516 Specter of Death Mutation # 515 Together Forever
Brood War
General
ASL21 General Discussion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Gypsy to Korea BSL 22 Map Contest — Submissions OPEN to March 10 Are you ready for ASL 21? Hype VIDEO
Tourneys
ASL Season 21 Qualifiers March 7-8 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL22] Open Qualifiers & Ladder Tours IPSL Spring 2026 is here!
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Fighting Spirit mining rates Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Dawn of War IV Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread PC Games Sales Thread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Mexico's Drug War Russo-Ukrainian War Thread NASA and the Private Sector
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread Formula 1 Discussion General nutrition recommendations Cricket [SPORT]
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 4544 users

[Patch 3.05: Balance Update] General Discussion - Page 199

Forum Index > LoL General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 197 198 199 200 201 210 Next
JonGalt
Profile Joined February 2013
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
April 28 2013 12:41 GMT
#3961
I spent 9 weeks in Denmark and I can't remember anyone under the age of 60 who didn't speak english fluently.

I remember reading somewhere that Danish people have the best english for non native english speaking people. But I also visited Sweden for a day and it was similar there. If you want to travel there, just learn English and a few key phrases in Danish/Sweden/Norwegian. Many people have said it, but the languages are quite similar.

And not to bash the Danish people, but even they told me that Danish was a pointless language to learn haha.
LiquidLegends StaffWho is Jon Galt?
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-28 12:53:07
April 28 2013 12:52 GMT
#3962
Swedish would pretty much be the most "standard" language out of those and as a bonus it works in Finland everywhere as a native language as well(I wouldn't be as confident in Finnish natives understanding danish when swedish is just their second language for example) .
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-28 13:27:40
April 28 2013 13:23 GMT
#3963
Jax is so cool, you can build literally anything on him.

Today i went APstone, Rageblade, Randuins, sunfire. I smashed face, tomorrow I may purchase a dcap or perhaps nashors or maybe a BOTRK....

Except WTF Riot you expect me to pay like 86,000 ip for hybrid pen runes....fuuuuuck that. Suboptimal here I come.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Solaris.playgu
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden480 Posts
April 28 2013 13:24 GMT
#3964
On April 28 2013 21:52 Shikyo wrote:
Swedish would pretty much be the most "standard" language out of those and as a bonus it works in Finland everywhere as a native language as well(I wouldn't be as confident in Finnish natives understanding danish when swedish is just their second language for example) .


I would agree with this, out of the nordic languages swedish is probably the easiest to get around with. It took me some time to learn to understand norwegian, and I'm still struggling with danish, but I have never encountered anyone from norway or denmark that didn't understand me (though I've had to speak slowly at times ^^ ). Finnish is completely different to the rest, but they learn swedish as a second or third language in school. From what I have heard they are very good at it along the coast, and get worse and worse the further you get into the country. However, english should let you communicate with anyone anywhere pretty much.
Badboyrune
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden2247 Posts
April 28 2013 13:28 GMT
#3965
On April 28 2013 20:51 nyxnyxnyx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2013 20:34 Sponkz wrote:
On April 28 2013 20:13 nyxnyxnyx wrote:
On April 28 2013 16:48 zodde wrote:
On April 28 2013 16:31 nyxnyxnyx wrote:
i speak fluent english. just wondering which language would give most marginal benefit
i guess denmark is the LoL nation ?


LoL is really huge in Sweden too, feels like everyone I meet plays it :3 And if you know english, you don't need any other language. That goes for Denmark and Norway as well, everyone is taught english from a young age in school.

Are you going this summer?

Edit: Also, if you know one scandinavian language, you can communicate with/understand people from the other countries decently well, they're not that different.


not so soon!
the question is WHICH scandinavian language ); is there one thats best or something? WTB tier list for scandinavian languages




Without knowing your language skills, i just wanna say that there's a higher chance of you being able to communicate in English with any Scandinavian, than you trying to speak a Scandinavian language where your receiver will understand you Among the youth in all 3 countries, i'd say at least 80% (probably way higher) has the skills to speak with you on a standard conversation level.


i want to learn a language, just wondering which


As a Swedish person I would recommend picking a non-scandinavian langue. The main reason being that there's very little reason to since they're all only spoken by fairly few people and the vast majority of those people speak perfectly fine english. They're also fairly hard languages to learn I believe. And to be fair they don't even sound good. It just seems like very much effort for very little reward.

I'd rather have gone with german, french or spanish. Or even italian. All of those have vastly more native speakers than the scandinavian languages, and a decent amount of those are not very good english speakers. They're also languages that you might have use for when working/studying since they're so useful. Saying you speak spanish at a job interview and chances are the employer might see some use for that. Swedish not so much.

If you still want to learn a scandinavian language don't pick danish. Because it sounds horrible.
"If yellow does start SC2, I should start handsomenerd diaper busniess and become a rich man" - John the Translator
Solaris.playgu
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden480 Posts
April 28 2013 13:33 GMT
#3966
I have no sources on this, so don't quote me, but I think danish is supposed to be the hardest language in the world to learn.
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
April 28 2013 13:48 GMT
#3967
On April 28 2013 22:33 Solaris.playgu wrote:
I have no sources on this, so don't quote me, but I think danish is supposed to be the hardest language in the world to learn.

I doubt this. A lot.

I've learned danish for a while (I have danish relatives), and it's not even that bad. And DEFINETLY not the hardest in the world.

I would, however, agree that it doesn't even matter if you speak it, Danish Dudes are pretty good with english, and a lot of them speak german even.

Speculation: It's because Danish TV isn't dubbed, only subbed. So they watch a lot of stuff in English.
Screw schooling, if that was the case in German speaking countries, English levels would increase by 300% guaranteed (number completely pulled out of my ass, ok?)
A backwards poet writes inverse.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
April 28 2013 13:55 GMT
#3968
On April 28 2013 22:48 Dandel Ion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2013 22:33 Solaris.playgu wrote:
I have no sources on this, so don't quote me, but I think danish is supposed to be the hardest language in the world to learn.

I doubt this. A lot.

I've learned danish for a while (I have danish relatives), and it's not even that bad. And DEFINETLY not the hardest in the world.

I would, however, agree that it doesn't even matter if you speak it, Danish Dudes are pretty good with english, and a lot of them speak german even.

Speculation: It's because Danish TV isn't dubbed, only subbed. So they watch a lot of stuff in English.
Screw schooling, if that was the case in German speaking countries, English levels would increase by 300% guaranteed (number completely pulled out of my ass, ok?)

Well I'd be inclined to agree. My understanding of japanese is pretty decent and it's almost entirely from anime and lyrics.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Vanka
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
China1336 Posts
April 28 2013 14:10 GMT
#3969
My recent response to my annoyance at certain champions bot lane is to run soraka with red pot start and my adc arpen rune page. It's not...ideal? but I'm having a lot of fun lol.
Bwaaaa
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia969 Posts
April 28 2013 14:22 GMT
#3970
On April 28 2013 22:33 Solaris.playgu wrote:
I have no sources on this, so don't quote me, but I think danish is supposed to be the hardest language in the world to learn.

I would have thought that african language which is just toungue clicking would be harder.
Solaris.playgu
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden480 Posts
April 28 2013 14:37 GMT
#3971
Urr well, as I said no sources. But I have a distinct memory of hearing that danish kids are the latest to be fluent in their own language. I guess that for grownups it really depends on where you come from and what languages you speak initially, while for kids you actually get a good measure of the difficulty without outside factors. Actually, this is quite interesting, I think I'll look into it a bit ^^
Eppa!
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden4641 Posts
April 28 2013 14:56 GMT
#3972
So much nonsence in this thread...

Expected 1:Gambit 2 Fnatic 3 EG in lcs at the start of the season and all through the season (slight doubt if EG would get out of the slump in time for playoffs).

Something of importance is the fact that the EG playstyle is extremely strong and it always has been. WE often use the same style of play and this is when they are the most domi.nant
"Can't wait till Monday" Cixah+Waveofshadow. "Needs to be monday. Weekend please go by quickly." Gahlo
JonGalt
Profile Joined February 2013
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
April 28 2013 14:57 GMT
#3973
The clicks are really hard to pronounce correctly. Sesotho only clicks for Q, but still pretty difficult.

Despite this, I think Danish was a harder language to learn. That's just my 9 week exposure of Danish vs my 7 months of Sesotho exposure so take it for what it's worth.

It just seems to me that Sesotho (and the other zulu languages) is actually a fairly simple language, whereas Danish is much more complicated.

Not to mention when you hear a sentence in Danish (as a non native) it could be one word or fifteen. In Sesotho you can at least here the spaces in the words.
LiquidLegends StaffWho is Jon Galt?
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-28 15:09:35
April 28 2013 15:08 GMT
#3974
Does Mikael's Crucible work the same way a qss will? Is there anything that these items do not remove?

EDIT: I guess dot isn't removed, but it has a heal.
Stuck.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
April 28 2013 15:12 GMT
#3975
It removes the same things as Cleanse, and it has a travel time on the projectile too.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
thenexusp
Profile Joined May 2009
United States3721 Posts
April 28 2013 15:24 GMT
#3976
On April 29 2013 00:12 Alaric wrote:
It removes the same things as Cleanse, and it has a travel time on the projectile too.

Not quite. Cleanse gets rid of the ignite DoT but Crucible doesn't.

Actually the things that Crucible removes are very clearly enumerated on the Crucible itself. It's pretty much any CC that is reduced by tenacity.
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31495 Posts
April 28 2013 15:37 GMT
#3977
I think I may have just missed the conversation but if you want to learn Swedish you can always watch this:
twitch.tv/waveofshadow ||| Winner of AHGL's So You Think You Can Cast! ||| Juicy Dad for lyfe ||| 'idk i get a kick out of stupid things' - Jarms Yarng
Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
April 28 2013 16:05 GMT
#3978
On April 28 2013 22:55 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2013 22:48 Dandel Ion wrote:
On April 28 2013 22:33 Solaris.playgu wrote:
I have no sources on this, so don't quote me, but I think danish is supposed to be the hardest language in the world to learn.

I doubt this. A lot.

I've learned danish for a while (I have danish relatives), and it's not even that bad. And DEFINETLY not the hardest in the world.

I would, however, agree that it doesn't even matter if you speak it, Danish Dudes are pretty good with english, and a lot of them speak german even.

Speculation: It's because Danish TV isn't dubbed, only subbed. So they watch a lot of stuff in English.
Screw schooling, if that was the case in German speaking countries, English levels would increase by 300% guaranteed (number completely pulled out of my ass, ok?)

Well I'd be inclined to agree. My understanding of japanese is pretty decent and it's almost entirely from anime and lyrics.


If you dont have an asian native language and never studied japanese. I highly doubt that.
WriterFollow me @TL_Chexx
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-28 16:43:25
April 28 2013 16:42 GMT
#3979
On April 29 2013 01:05 Chexx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2013 22:55 Shikyo wrote:
On April 28 2013 22:48 Dandel Ion wrote:
On April 28 2013 22:33 Solaris.playgu wrote:
I have no sources on this, so don't quote me, but I think danish is supposed to be the hardest language in the world to learn.

I doubt this. A lot.

I've learned danish for a while (I have danish relatives), and it's not even that bad. And DEFINETLY not the hardest in the world.

I would, however, agree that it doesn't even matter if you speak it, Danish Dudes are pretty good with english, and a lot of them speak german even.

Speculation: It's because Danish TV isn't dubbed, only subbed. So they watch a lot of stuff in English.
Screw schooling, if that was the case in German speaking countries, English levels would increase by 300% guaranteed (number completely pulled out of my ass, ok?)

Well I'd be inclined to agree. My understanding of japanese is pretty decent and it's almost entirely from anime and lyrics.


If you dont have an asian native language and never studied japanese. I highly doubt that.

Iunno...I know a good number of people, Asian and non-Asian, who learned quite a decent amount of Japanese by just watching subbed anime.

Ofc, watching anime won't teach you how to read/write, but understanding and speaking can definitely be learned via watching lots of stuff. Same works with Korean and K-drama.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
April 28 2013 16:52 GMT
#3980
I always heard English and Mandarin Chinese are the hardest languages to learn from scratch.

I'm bad at all foreign languages, currently trying to just get a C in my French class so I never have to take it again xD
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Prev 1 197 198 199 200 201 210 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Monday Night Weeklies
17:00
#44
SteadfastSC676
TKL 408
IndyStarCraft 275
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SteadfastSC 676
TKL 408
IndyStarCraft 275
UpATreeSC 110
JuggernautJason107
StarCraft: Brood War
sorry 74
Bonyth 62
NotJumperer 33
Nal_rA 33
Dota 2
monkeys_forever345
canceldota89
League of Legends
JimRising 493
Counter-Strike
tarik_tv6440
pashabiceps2671
fl0m1335
Other Games
summit1g7849
Grubby4246
Beastyqt754
shahzam252
KnowMe178
ArmadaUGS159
C9.Mang0132
Trikslyr47
Livibee41
Mew2King36
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream411
Other Games
BasetradeTV120
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• kabyraGe 239
• Reevou 6
• IndyKCrew
• sooper7s
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• intothetv
• Kozan
StarCraft: Brood War
• Eskiya23 9
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota2349
• WagamamaTV287
League of Legends
• Scarra1313
• TFBlade1157
Other Games
• imaqtpie1366
• Shiphtur194
Upcoming Events
WardiTV Team League
14h 59m
PiGosaur Cup
1d 2h
Kung Fu Cup
1d 13h
OSC
2 days
The PondCast
2 days
KCM Race Survival
2 days
WardiTV Team League
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
KCM Race Survival
3 days
WardiTV Team League
3 days
[ Show More ]
Korean StarCraft League
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Maru vs Zoun
Cure vs ByuN
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
4 days
BSL
4 days
RSL Revival
5 days
herO vs MaxPax
Rogue vs TriGGeR
BSL
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
Sharp vs Scan
Rain vs Mong
Wardi Open
6 days
Monday Night Weeklies
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-15
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
2026 Changsha Offline CUP
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
NationLESS Cup
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.