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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6275 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 9 of 67 21 June 2008 at 9:23am | IP Logged | ||
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As an example of a non-polyglot, Paul Gascoigne apparently learned little or no Italian when he was with Lazio. He was (is) not a cerebral chap, shall we say.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 67 22 June 2008 at 5:59am | IP Logged | ||
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I wonder if the Italians learned any Geordie from him.
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| jimbo baby Groupie United States Joined 6086 days ago 61 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* | Message 11 of 67 28 June 2008 at 10:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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David Beckham after 4 years in Spain.
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| mikatu Triglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5994 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, English Studies: German | Message 12 of 67 30 June 2008 at 9:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't believe that footballers learn more or faster, they simple have the resources and the time to learn.
For example, they have physical training during 3 or 4 hours per day. Beside that they have time for learn. They also have the money (in many cases the club pays) for having a private teacher. In many situations the sponsors demand for specific skills, like speaking certain language at an intermediate level. This type of contracts may even pay more than the regular salary so they really have the interest in learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rael Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6632 days ago 24 posts - 25 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean | Message 13 of 67 15 September 2008 at 8:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know Thierry Henry can speak French(native), English , Spanish and Italian. Although I have no clue how good his Italian is.
Another is Eidur Gudjohnsen. He is native in Icelandic and speaks English(perfectly!) and Spanish(not sure how good) as well. Edited by Rael on 15 September 2008 at 8:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jimmymac Senior Member United Kingdom strange-lands.com/le Joined 6156 days ago 276 posts - 362 votes Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 14 of 67 16 September 2008 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||
As a fellow geordie I feel compelled to defend poor Gazza. He did in fact learn some Italian while playing for Lazio. I remember hearing him speaking with Roberto Carlos at some point, albeit with a geordie accent and some very obvious English swear words. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| gulliver13 Triglot Newbie Bulgaria Joined 6025 days ago 17 posts - 17 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, English, German | Message 15 of 67 03 November 2008 at 4:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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Learning the native language is very important for professional football players (and maybe even more important for the coaches/managers). In addition, football players spend most of the time together and if they want to communicate, they need to learn the language. But I am not sure that their pronunciation is always good. At least the Bulgarian football players abroad, even after spending several years in the new country, still have their Bulgarian accent, when speaking the native language ;)
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| Leopejo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6112 days ago 675 posts - 724 votes Speaks: Italian*, Finnish*, English Studies: French, Russian | Message 16 of 67 04 November 2008 at 1:54am | IP Logged | ||
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Football terminology is quite limited. The one on the field you learn in one (training, not language learning) session. The player interviews are the same everywhere, you just need to learn: "we played well against a strong team. We had more chances than them, but were unlucky. Our team's policy is not to comment on the referee, but it seemed a clear penalty to me. We are confident for the next game".
Fiorentina coach's "excuse" for not playing young French-Portuguese Da Costa was that "he must learn Italian first". But he was probably referring to Italian tactical schemes, as Da Costa is still not playing after 10 months and speaks some Italian. Other players instead went directly to the field with a lesser knowledge of language. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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