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    i vote for Arabic. but i think Rune Symbols are also cool, which do you pick
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    Nothing that appears on the paper by my hand.

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    Morse code.

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    Arabic rules :


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    Arabic got the vote because it is very flowing, while the other languages are very blocky.
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    I chose other because I love Hebrew.

    But Arabic is a close second and those are the two most beautiful scripts. Nothing else can even come close.
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    I voted arabic, very clean style in my opinion, but I also like russian.
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    Celtic, i just lurve it
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    Egyptian Hieroglyphics. :)

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    Bartixian of course...

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    Chinese, it can be written in any style, block or flowing. But Arabic will come a close second though, with its flowing style.
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    If we're going for language, I'd go with Finnish, German, Arabic, or Russian...but if we're going for symbols, probably Arabic/Russian.

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    Pig Latin. BTW, how come English isn't a choice in the poll?
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    New Times Roman would be English.
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    Arabic because of it's flowing style, and possibly Egyptian(old Egyptian).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quietus
    Egyptian Hieroglyphics. :)
    Agreed, or maybe Bartrixian
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    Definatily arabian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshal Murat
    New Times Roman would be English.
    well, just the roman ABC the way it was written. it doesnt really have a name. its just the COMMON

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Stranger
    well, just the roman ABC the way it was written. it doesnt really have a name. its just the COMMON
    I think the confusion has arisen in whether you mean the Latin alphabet or the font Times New Roman ala Microsoft Word. For example: Copperplate script, Gothic script or Celtic script (which are both extremely beautiful) are fonts of the Latin alphabet, but aren't Times New Roman.

    As such, I've voted other because I think Copperplate (flows beautifully), Gothic (can be very elaborate) and Celtic (looks extraoridarily serene - Welsh written in this style looks fab) styled writing are all equally lovely.

    IMO Arabic looks ugly and incomprehensible: it's just horizontal lines with swiggles and dots. The same goes for pictographic alphabets, they're all utterly incomprehensible; Oriental ones look like random lines... I probably only think they're ugly because I can't read them though.

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    BARTIX!!

    Would Egyptian mean hieroglyphs or the newer alphabet-using Egyptian?

    Anyhow, voted Chinese.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thrashaholic
    I think the confusion has arisen in whether you mean the Latin alphabet or the font Times New Roman ala Microsoft Word. For example: Copperplate script, Gothic script or Celtic script (which are both extremely beautiful) are fonts of the Latin alphabet, but aren't Times New Roman.

    As such, I've voted other because I think Copperplate (flows beautifully), Gothic (can be very elaborate) and Celtic (looks extraoridarily serene - Welsh written in this style looks fab) styled writing are all equally lovely.

    IMO Arabic looks ugly and incomprehensible: it's just horizontal lines with swiggles and dots. The same goes for pictographic alphabets, they're all utterly incomprehensible; Oriental ones look like random lines... I probably only think they're ugly because I can't read them though.
    oh oke. yeah gothic looks beautiful as does celtic

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    Default Re: The Most Beautiful Written Language

    The top three:

    Arabic
    Thai
    Chinese


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tiberius
    BARTIX!!
    Iix likex allix ofix thmix espicialix arabix japenix and chineex.
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    I like all of them espicially arabic jappenesse and chinese.

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    I've voted arabic, but that's because I thought you meant the style which writers use, I personally think the arabic writers have a very profound way of describing life and it's assets using a lot of funny comparisons.

    As for jsut how the individual letters look, Arabic, rune both are nice enough.
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    can you guys show me a pic of Runic writing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
    Arabic rules :

    How can that not be the most beautiful language?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
    How can that not be the most beautiful language?
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    I like Japanese, but old Myan symbols are pretty sweet to look at and so is Klingon .
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