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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 33 of 67 10 March 2012 at 12:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I found these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZENzIJSpc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSWnNRrtfw0 He speaks French (native), German, English, Spanish, Italian and some Japanese. ...Then why is Arsenal almost the French NT??? /Spurs fan trolling 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| manish Triglot Groupie Romania Joined 5545 days ago 88 posts - 136 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 34 of 67 10 March 2012 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Our newscasters here in Romania always congratulate the Italian football coaches for speaking a decent level of Romanian, but most of the time it's just Italian with a few Romanian words thrown in. Edited by manish on 10 March 2012 at 6:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4667 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 35 of 67 11 March 2012 at 9:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Francesco Totti speaks a very basolectal/dialectal Italian: romanesco.
Please don't copy this dialect if you study Italian. Educated Romans don't sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSjdiYyZyss he said: se sapevo che rimanesse avrei detto rimane it should be: se sapessi che rimaneva gli avrei detto rimani! Edited by Medulin on 11 March 2012 at 9:38am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4621 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 36 of 67 17 April 2012 at 4:38pm | IP Logged | ||
There are several Americans playing professional football in Germany and most seem to have a decent grasp of German, in relation to how long they have been living in the country. Steve Cherundolo in particular speaks the language very well. But it appears to be a different story in ice hockey and basketball. This is probably due to the fact that these sports (hockey in particular) depend heavily on imported players and coaching staff. The working language of the squad is often English, whereas the native-English soccer players are in a tiny monority and just have to cope with German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
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Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.
The one and only Giovanni Trapattoni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCFj9lf8IQE 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
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LOL!
And here he's speaking a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 39 of 67 30 April 2012 at 11:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Casillas trying to speak Russian.
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| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4621 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 40 of 67 14 May 2012 at 3:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Recently, there have been a few Scottish footballers trying their luck in European footballing outposts; places like Bulgaria and Turkey, where not much English is spoken away from the tourist beaches. In most cases, the player returnd home after a relatively short stay, citing "inability to settle" and language was often mentioned.
Yet there have been several players moving in the opposite direction who get on with life in the UK depsite having little English at the outset and they rapidly improve their English skills. I geuninely think English-speaking players make less of an effort overseas with language. Sure, some of them end up pretty fluent but plenty make little headway, even though they are earning big money, have plenty of free time and access to top-class tutors. But how many imported players in the UK can't function in English after 2/3 years? Hardly any....yes there is the steretypical image of a grammar-mangling footballer with his brains located firmly in his feet but for a foreigner to go in front of TV camera and chat coherently off the cuff does actually require a good grounding in a language. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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