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| Leurre Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 219 posts - 372 votes  Speaks: French*, English*, Korean, Haitian Creole, SpanishC2 Studies: Japanese | Message 9 of 12 24 December 2012 at 4:22am | IP Logged | ||
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| ling Diglot Groupie Taiwan Joined 4585 days ago 61 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Indonesian, Thai | Message 10 of 12 24 December 2012 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wouldn't call myself a polyglot by any sense of the word. But I've got to say that it's
a great feeling to be able to communicate with people in their own language, even if the conversation is rudimentary. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6492 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 11 of 12 24 December 2012 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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TL/DR: languages open doors and let you discover the world. Everyone around is jealous.
First, languages have let me know more and have more stories to tell. I changed the way I travel actually: instead of just making pictures, I get to know people, talk and listen to their stories. Oh, BTW, I had to be an English speaker in some places, and can tell you what to talk about. I suggest everyone to refrain from excusing for their accent. It does'n make you any honor, and it's just boring. If you meet a person from a different country, not for a long time, you have really few hours or minutes. Telling about you accent, or how much degrees were in your thermometer (or in your glass) yesterday - it's all a waste of precious time. Funny stories may require context knowledge and hard to understand. I think, the best thing you can tell is a "portrait in front of the nation" (you or some events with the nation history in the background). Some guys told me of episodes fro the history of their countries, and curious facts of how people live today, how they behave in everyday life. These were the most interesting and fulfilling talks I had in my entire life. I'd never be able to talk of this without a good knowledge of languages. You can't tell these fine details at the lower intermediate level. It opens doors, especially in developing countries. Everyone gets enthusiastic and starts helping you and doing favors. (I'm aware of the "airport helpers" or "street helpers" who start suggesting help and showing enthusiasm without knowing you.) At home, I don't boast that to hide the nerdiness, but if this gets known, everyone is jealous. "Oh, I wish I could FORCE myself doing that." (Yep, of course, I sleep on nails like a yoga.) Some fellas start showing off their brutal German pronounciation. You start thinking that becoming a polyglot is as easy as going to a coffee shop. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5865 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 12 of 12 25 December 2012 at 2:14am | IP Logged | ||
You have a very pleasant and effective way of offering improvements. Thank you for being an asset to this Forum. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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