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Fem. polyglots: Too few or camera shy? | ||
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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6948 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 33 of 65 08 April 2012 at 2:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not a polyglot yet, but I've often thought about making videos about language
learning. Here's what's held me back so far: 1. Modesty/lack of confidence. In general, I think boys are raised to be confident go- getters, while girls are encouraged to be modest and sensitive to what others think. When I think of making a video, a little voice inside my head asks, "Why? You're not that great yet, so what makes you think your abilities are worth showcasing online?" Some men might be less inclined to put themselves in check this way. 2. The inevitable trolls. The internet can be an unfriendly place for women sometimes. I think we not only tend to be more sensitive to criticism, but are more harshly criticised than men when we put ourselves in the public eye. Attractive women may have their comments section filled with derogatory comments about whether the viewers would "hit that", and less attractive women may be subject to all sorts of insensitive comments about their appearance. Of course men sometimes have their appearance made fun of, too, but I think it's fairly unusual to see a YouTube video made by a woman without any objectifying comments of this sort. 3. The technical aspect. I'm probably "average" when it comes to technical stuff, so I don't think of having to edit a video as a dealbreaker, but it would probably take more time, effort, and frustration for me than for the "average" guy (who would tend to be more knowledgable about such things). For me, that extra bit of work and research I'd require would be more likely to put me off a project that (for the above reasons) I was only lukewarm about to begin with. Edited by Lucky Charms on 08 April 2012 at 2:09pm 9 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4990 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German*, SpanishC2*, Swiss-German*, FrenchC2, EnglishC2, ItalianB2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map | Message 34 of 65 19 April 2012 at 9:09am | IP Logged | ||
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What about thinking over it? I'm sure you could give some good advice on learning
Japanese! You could also make a video without showing your face if you don't like to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dandt Senior Member Australia regarderetlire.wordp Joined 4623 days ago 134 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French | Message 35 of 65 19 April 2012 at 10:24am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm by no means a polyglot but I'm considering doing videos as I learn french. The only thing stopping me at this
stage is I don't want my face on camera. It's not that i'm camera shy, far from it, but rather that there is a good chance my chosen career will put me in the spotlight and i don't want any videos i make being brought up. It's the reason why I haven't added any of my music to the internet as well. I have thought, however, that I could get a mask/series of masks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6702 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 36 of 65 19 April 2012 at 11:52am | IP Logged | ||
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You don't need to be be in your videos - show pretty landscapes or your cat or text on the screen instead. Some people will claim that you just are reading from a manuscript, but they'll do that even you stare straight into the camera so who cares? Edited by Iversen on 19 April 2012 at 11:54am 5 persons have 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 37 of 65 19 April 2012 at 4:41pm | IP Logged | ||
a polyglot in a mask would be wonderfully mysterious, though <333 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mae Trilingual Octoglot Pro Member Germany Joined 4990 days ago 299 posts - 499 votes Speaks: German*, SpanishC2*, Swiss-German*, FrenchC2, EnglishC2, ItalianB2, Dutch, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Swedish Personal Language Map | Message 38 of 65 19 April 2012 at 7:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh, that's an idea! The Masked Magician already exists. Now it's time for the masked
polyglot ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tmp011007 Diglot Senior Member Congo Joined 6068 days ago 199 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese | Message 39 of 65 19 April 2012 at 7:57pm | IP Logged | ||
that's not a bad idea but some people could find that even more "interesting", and if you want to keep a low-profile.. now, if your voice is any "famous" maybe you should edit the audio (pitch) and/or never ever post a video using your native language 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 40 of 65 19 April 2012 at 9:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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That got me thinking of a polyglot whose video I can't find. Either he was masked or he spoke off-camera with a somewhat distorted voice (reminding me of Jigsaw in the Saw movies...). Does anyone know which clip I'm thinking of? He spoke half a dozen languages including English, Spanish and Nahuatl (or Quechua). Any ideas?
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