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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6771 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 41 of 98 29 January 2007 at 9:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Very interesting about Mr. Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Above all that, he's found time to earn a Master of Laws degree (which is higher than a normal law degree). I imagine he must have particularly focused on languages, seeing as Swahili and Italian aren't commonly spoken in either Nigeria or England.
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| Leeeoooooo Newbie United States Joined 6689 days ago 18 posts - 20 votes Studies: Spanish, English* Studies: German, Japanese | Message 42 of 98 07 February 2007 at 9:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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My current fave is: (from Wikipedia)
Masayori "Masi" Oka, Golden Globe nominee for Best Supporting Actor on a TV Series for his work on "Heroes" as Hiro Nakamura. He was born in Tokyo and moved to Los Angeles at age six. He is fluent in Japanese, English and German and is proficient in Spanish. ...a man after my own heart... ----- P.S.: I particularly enjoy the way the show does entire scenes completely in (subtitled) Japanese. Very unusual for a popular American show on a regular broadcast network. Edited by Leeeoooooo on 12 February 2007 at 6:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yotso Newbie United States Joined 6505 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 43 of 98 07 February 2007 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I read all the posts, and I don't think I'm repeating by adding that,
Charlize Theron's 'First language is Afrikaans, English is spoken as her second language,' according to IMDB. Sigourney Weaver is fluent in French and German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Raincrowlee Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 6705 days ago 621 posts - 808 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Indonesian, Japanese | Message 44 of 98 08 February 2007 at 9:17am | IP Logged | ||
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A couple more:
Ingrid Bergman fluent in English, Swedish, French, German and Italian, according to imdb. Mikhail Baryshnikov is fluent in Russian, English and French. Andrew Divoff can speak nine languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Romanian, Catalan, Portuguese and Russian. (Aparently the man has found out the cost reduction for learning many Romance languages!) Edited by Raincrowlee on 08 February 2007 at 10:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yotso Newbie United States Joined 6505 days ago 36 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 45 of 98 08 February 2007 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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And another one, or two:
Jennifer Connelly is fluent in French and Italian. Ashley Judd speaks French fluently, but that doesn't really make her a polyglot, right? 3 or more languages? Edited by Yotso on 08 February 2007 at 6:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jstele Bilingual Senior Member United States Joined 6658 days ago 186 posts - 194 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean* | Message 46 of 98 02 March 2007 at 10:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Mira Sorvino.
She is the Oscar-winning actress who appeared in films like "Mighty Aphrodite", etc. She is fluent in Chinese and Russian. Her accent in Chinese is really good, I hear. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zhiguli Senior Member Canada Joined 6444 days ago 176 posts - 221 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Mandarin | Message 47 of 98 08 April 2007 at 3:47am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Connie Nielsen, who speaks Danish, Swedish, German, English, French and Italian (though it's not clear how fluent she is in the latter two).
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 48 of 98 08 April 2007 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
Apparently she majored in East Asian Studies at Harvard so I can understand where she got her Chinese from, but where, and why, did she learn Russian? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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