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| Voltman Newbie Australia Joined 5094 days ago 39 posts - 44 votes | Message 1 of 21 14 February 2011 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Why do so many people on here choose to become a polyglot? I mean is it just because of a passion for learning languages or other reaons?
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| polyglHot Pentaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5069 days ago 173 posts - 229 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German, Spanish, Indonesian Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 21 14 February 2011 at 7:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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I didn't choose it, I have merely been traveling for a long time, and the developing
world doesn't speak any English... So I guess this is my reason for continuing my studies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6706 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 3 of 21 14 February 2011 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe I just like to collect things and to cover as much territory as possible? I don't go on holiday the same place every year, my music collection isn't restrricted to one composer and I like several kinds of pizza. So why shouldn't I want to know many languages instead of just limiting myself to one or two?
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| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5071 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 4 of 21 14 February 2011 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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I feel that every language gives me a different perspective on life.
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| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 6043 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 5 of 21 14 February 2011 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Allows me to understand what my favourite groups are singing about
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6912 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 21 15 February 2011 at 1:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Why not, Voltman? Why limit yourself? Nobody says you have to master each one. Besides, I know plenty who have devoted a lot of time to several sports/music instruments/etc. and are quite successful (not on a world professional level, but still quite good).
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| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6297 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 7 of 21 15 February 2011 at 2:51am | IP Logged | ||
Multilingual labels on beer bottles. 9 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5850 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 21 15 February 2011 at 6:51am | IP Logged | ||
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When I was in my 20-s I was totally focused on the Dutch language and people gave me the hint that I could achieve more with languages in general. Later on in my 30-s I got the chance to go to university again where I could study Romance languages, so then I wanted to try that out.
Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 15 February 2011 at 6:54am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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