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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6150 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 7 11 October 2012 at 9:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm curious. Are there many polyglot comedians ?
I was watching an interview with the British comedian Eddie Izzard and he mentioned that he has done routines in English, French, German, Russian and Arabic. As far as I know, he's quite fluent in French and German. I'm not sure if he's actually learnt Russian and Arabic. Though not quite a polyglot, the Irish American comedian has an interest in languages, and did a television series where he learned to speak Irish. In a recent interview, he mentioned that he'll be learning Chinese as part of his new series. Are there any others ? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5470 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 7 11 October 2012 at 11:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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Yes, there is Sugar Sammy (Samir Khullar)
"He does comedy and is fluent in English, French, Punjabi and Hindi." I wanted to see his bilingual show "Your're Gonna Rire" last winter in Montreal but they were all sold out. Edited by microsnout on 11 October 2012 at 11:11am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 3 of 7 12 October 2012 at 1:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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There is a German comedian who plays the UK comedy circuit. He has supported Stewart Lee in the past.
Unfortunately, I can't remember his name, but it may come to me. ... ah yes, this must be him: Henning Wehn There was a TV stunt in which 3 or 4 "celebs" learned enough of a foreign language to be able to "perform" in it. 2 of them did live TV broadcasts, and a comedian did a standup show to a French audience. I think it was Marcus Brigstocke, in, oh yes "Excuse my French". However, I don't suppose that really counts. Edited by montmorency on 13 October 2012 at 1:00am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5668 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 7 12 October 2012 at 10:54am | IP Logged | |||||
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My favourite is Russell Peters - an Indian living in Canada. His observational skills on different cultures and his mimicry of accents and idioms are exceptional.
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| Mani Diglot Senior Member Germany imsprachendickicht.b Joined 4904 days ago 258 posts - 323 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, Welsh, Luxembourgish | Message 5 of 7 12 October 2012 at 11:12am | IP Logged | |||||
Ah yes, "Don't mention the War" Henning ... He's also giving a brief introduction to German on the BBC Languages website.
I think Rhod Gilbert had to do a standup show as his final test in "The Big Welsh Challenge". But honestly, I can't think of any polyglot comedians, bilinguals yes, but polyglots ... As for bilinguals there are for instance the American comedian Gayle Tufts in Germany who's doing her routine in "Denglish". (And she's so right about Germans and bread!) and Michael Mittermeier played for 1 or 2 years in comedy clubs in New York ... Edited by Mani on 12 October 2012 at 1:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 6 of 7 13 October 2012 at 1:20am | IP Logged | |||||
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Mani,
(Thanks for fixing my link...thought my link problems were behind me...just goes to show one should never become complacent... :) ). So how do German speakers react to her Denglish? The audience seemed to like it, but I wondered if they were being polite. I think her pronunciation would get on my nerves after a while. At least Henning Wehn doesn't resort to German ... I suppose he knows no one would understand it here :) EDIT: We have a couple of well known Iranian comedians here, a lady, Shappi Khorsand, and a gent, Omid Djalili. However, I think they both grew up here, and would count more as bilingual rather than polyglot I guess. Edited by montmorency on 13 October 2012 at 1:29am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7014 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 7 20 October 2012 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
He's hilarious and his accents are outstanding, but I don't think that he counts as a polyglot. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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