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08-07-2006, 10:59 AM #1OPSenior Member
Polyglots
polā?¢yā?¢glot
Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages.
I'm relatively young and live in America. It's uncommon here for most people my age to speak even English clearly, but I've found I have little trouble learning languages. I speak three so far and am currently deciding which to learn next (Bambara? Dutch? Haitian Creole? Any thoughts?).
None of my friends are polyglots. Whenever I smoke with others I almost always get asked to "say something in a different language" while high. They'll give me sentences to translate or just ask that I speak in a different language for awhile. Apparently it trips them out.
Are there other polyglots on the boards? Let's trip each other out.
:rasta:JaiPeur Reviewed by JaiPeur on . Polyglots polā?¢yā?¢glot Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages. I'm relatively young and live in America. It's uncommon here for most people my age to speak even English clearly, but I've found I have little trouble learning languages. I speak three so far and am currently deciding which to learn next (Bambara? Dutch? Haitian Creole? Any thoughts?). None of my friends are polyglots. Whenever I smoke with others I almost always get asked to "say something in a Rating: 5
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08-07-2006, 02:38 PM #2Senior Member
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I'm currently learning French, Spanish, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Esperanto. I too have a knack for languages, which really helps out since I have to talk to a lot of French Canadians at work.
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08-07-2006, 02:55 PM #3Junior Member
Polyglots
I recomend Norwegian. then u could understand this :
"Hvorfor har ikke isbiter armer og bein? De er vannskapt"
(hint: "det er en vannvittig morsom vits"
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08-07-2006, 03:13 PM #4Senior Member
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I have a facility for languages, too, but I'm a fairly simple polyglot compared to you two, Oneironaut and JaiPeur. Spanish, French and my native tongue, American English. I'd count Latin, too, but of course I don't really speak that, only read it. My friends don't get tripped out when I use other languages, though. With Spanish esepcially, they're just grateful. I live in Texas, where I use it practically every day.
Next on my list is Italian. Sometime or other, I'd like to break out of the romance language rut and study, say, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Russian. Something with a different alphabet altogether.[SIZE=\"4\"]\"That best portion of a good man\'s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.\"[/SIZE]
[align=center]William Wordsworth, English poet (1770 - 1850)[/align]
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08-09-2006, 11:54 PM #5Member
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I am bilingual. French and English, however i have perfect fluency in both due to having lived in both France and England at various points of my life. My next target is German
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08-09-2006, 11:58 PM #6Senior Member
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I find learning another language difficult for me. Give me a maths equation any day of the week. I would probably be more up for learning another language if I was going to live with that culture. Otherwise I think it's a waste of a good brain.
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08-10-2006, 01:11 AM #7Senior Member
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Originally Posted by JaiPeur
Je sais ce que tu veux dire.. mes amis me demandent toujours de dire des mots en francais
Yo hablo espanol un pequeno..pero nescessito practicar mas.
I speak a few DMT languages as well.. or wait no.. that's all in my head, isn't it.
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08-10-2006, 04:11 AM #8Senior Member
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Originally Posted by nb313
(hint: "det er en vannvittig morsom vits"
That's all I can understand with my knowledge of German and Old English.
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08-10-2006, 04:24 AM #9Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Billionfold
[SIZE=\"4\"]\"That best portion of a good man\'s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.\"[/SIZE]
[align=center]William Wordsworth, English poet (1770 - 1850)[/align]
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08-10-2006, 04:26 AM #10Senior Member
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You're familiar with Old English, Oneironaut? I'll be eager to find out where you studied! Few people indeed have any knowledge of Old or Middle English. The only ones I've ever met are linguistics grad students and professors, at least.
[SIZE=\"4\"]\"That best portion of a good man\'s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.\"[/SIZE]
[align=center]William Wordsworth, English poet (1770 - 1850)[/align]
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