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Originally Posted by GRACE
I know the POINT isn't "flow and beauty" my POINT is that other languages flow so much better than English. The way other languages work is vastly different than English. For example, in the Japanese language, the only consonant sound that a word can end in is "n." The rest of the words end in vowel sounds, which lends itself so much easier to rhyme.
NO language on Earth is as warped, confusing, and all around mutated as the English language. That's a fact. The English language has so many rules and so many exceptions to those rules that it's very complicated to work with. We take for granted how we just know English, but even we can't name the "right" ways to use it in most occasions. Therefore, it makes poetry, song lyrics, much much more difficult.
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And you know Hikki said it's easier for her to work with English when it comes to lyrics, haha.
I know that a ton of Japanese songs tend to focus on rhythm instead of rhyme because of the very fact that most words end in a vowel. In English, though, I see both, but rhyming tends to be more diverse cause everything doesn't end in similar sounds.
I thank God that I learned English as a first language, haha. It really is complicated.
I can't say whether poetry or lyrics in English are harder than other languages, but I know that other languages can express something in less words than English can sometimes take. But I guess a skilled writer shouldn't have a problem. As for flow, I guess flow is left up to the person listening to it. I think both Japanese and English flow well.