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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6441 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 1 of 58 02 October 2010 at 1:03am | IP Logged | ||
This site's description of Ziad Fazah is perhaps in need of editing.
Ziad Fazah clearly has some significant knowledge and competence in several languages, but his test results have not been uniformly positive. Is anyone interested in coming up with a more accurate description? Please only do so if you intend to take all available information into account; neither a glowing description of his strongest languages or a roasting for his failures in basic comprehension in his weaker ones strikes me as appropriate. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Torbyrne Super Polyglot Senior Member Macedonia SpeakingFluently.com Joined 6097 days ago 126 posts - 721 votes Speaks: French, English*, German, Spanish, Dutch, Macedonian, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Czech, Catalan, Welsh, Serbo-Croatian Studies: Sign Language, Toki Pona, Albanian, Polish, Bulgarian, TurkishA1, Esperanto, Romanian, Danish, Mandarin, Icelandic, Modern Hebrew, Greek, Latvian, Estonian | Message 2 of 58 22 January 2011 at 9:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know there has been a lot of talk about Ziad Fazah on this forum and I know that there are people out there who will hate me for reviving this thread...but...
I have to... Ziad Fazah has just started his own YouTube channel and is making videos in different languages. See what you think: http://www.youtube.com/user/srcforeignlanguages 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| edwin Triglot Senior Member Canada towerofconfusi&Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6466 days ago 160 posts - 183 votes 9 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French, Spanish, Portuguese | Message 3 of 58 22 January 2011 at 10:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Finally!!
I am afraid his Mandarin is a bit far off. Sounds like a beginner. For sure he needs more work on it. His English is actually very fluent. You may not tell from his video. But I did talk to him on the phone 3 years ago. He is a friendly guy. I enjoyed talking to him. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| magictom123 Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5595 days ago 272 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French | Message 4 of 58 22 January 2011 at 11:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wouldn't say his English was anything to write home about. Considering he is the
'world's greatest living polyglot' I would have thought that his English would have been alot better than it is, given it's gloabl status. His accent sounds like he has had Pimsleur on repeat for the last 20 years as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zorrillo Pentaglot Groupie United States Joined 6386 days ago 41 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, French, Sign Language, Spanish, Polish Studies: Greek, Georgian, Indonesian | Message 5 of 58 22 January 2011 at 11:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I found his English to be stilted and robotic. I can't comment on his Chinese or Japanese. I see he is still clinging to that title of "greatest living polyglot"...I think it would be wise for him to drop that act, because he is going to get absolutely eviscerated if he is unable to back up his claims. Not a very impressive debut...I think we have more accomplished and humble polyglots right here on the forum, including the man who provided the link. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hjordis Senior Member United States snapshotsoftheworld. Joined 5188 days ago 209 posts - 264 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 6 of 58 23 January 2011 at 1:21am | IP Logged | ||
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His Chinese and Japanese sound robotic too. His Chinese sounds least stilted to me, but then I don't speak Chinese and it STILL sounds bad.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5849 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 7 of 58 23 January 2011 at 8:58am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for posting this link, Torbyrne! I don't understand Mandarin or Japanese, but I listened to his video in English. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/srcforeignlanguages#p/a/u/0/ouvA SFj0q1k In this video he presents his name Ziad Fazah and says literally: "I do keep being the greatest living polyglot in Guiness Book internationally and nationally." I personally prefer polyglots who are modest people without any need to boast about their abilities or making absolute claims. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 23 January 2011 at 9:14am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| noriyuki_nomura Bilingual Octoglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5342 days ago 304 posts - 465 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Japanese, FrenchC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, SpanishB2, DutchB1 Studies: TurkishA1, Korean | Message 8 of 58 23 January 2011 at 12:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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I just watched the youtube, and I have to say and confirm that, I have to really concentrate alot to understand his self-introduction in Mandarin and Japanese. As a matter of fact, for most parts of the self-introduction, I really have no clue as to what he was saying. Edited by noriyuki_nomura on 23 January 2011 at 12:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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