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| druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4915 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes  Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian | Message 9 of 81 14 July 2012 at 10:41pm | IP Logged | ||
That one is both silly and annoying. People who claim this usually cannot be convinced otherwise, even when I explain that English has a very rich vocabulary due to influence from French, regional differences, etc. Quite surprisingly I recently had a conversation about "this Lebanese guy who speaks 80 languages". I guess the person I was talking to meant Ziad Fazah and even he himself "only" claims to know 59, according to Wikipedia :) But I was happy to have a conversation about polyglots in the first place, I didn't bring up the topic. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7203 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 10 of 81 15 July 2012 at 12:40am | IP Logged | ||
Here's another related discussion: "Linguistic ignorance" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4875 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 11 of 81 15 July 2012 at 2:39am | IP Logged | ||
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England has [insert number of your choice] words for tea. Edited by montmorency on 15 July 2012 at 3:23am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tanya b Senior Member United States Joined 4825 days ago 159 posts - 518 votes Speaks: Russian | Message 12 of 81 15 July 2012 at 3:21am | IP Logged | ||
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1) Native Spanish speakers effortlessly understand French, Italian and Portuguese.
2) Chinese, Japanese and Korean are actually the same language. 3) Macedonian is spoken on that lovely island where they grow macadamia nuts. 4) Iran is just one of them Arabic-speaking countries. 5) The Finnish triple consonant is a typo. 6) Cockney is a separate language. 7) Welsh is a dialect of English. 8) Fluency in Ebonics automatically makes you "cool". 9) Knowing Roman numerals makes you fluent in Latin. 10) Croatian is spoken by persons of mixed Crow Indian/Haitian ancestry. 11) Atlanta is the best place to study Georgian, Rome the best place to study Romanian. 12) This new software will have you conversing in Mandarin within minutes! Edited by tanya b on 17 July 2012 at 2:21am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5638 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 13 of 81 15 July 2012 at 3:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Here are two :
1.Language mastery can occur with ten easy lessons. 2.Just by being exposed to your target language you can pick it up by osmosis, as in the movie The Thirteenth Warrior. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4718 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 14 of 81 15 July 2012 at 6:36am | IP Logged | ||
Which language has more words than English? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Coheed Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 4733 days ago 26 posts - 40 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Romanian, Irish | Message 15 of 81 15 July 2012 at 8:46am | IP Logged | ||
Some people might say Arabic. It is said that some words or terms in Arabic can be expressed in countless different ways. Besides, Arabic is notorious for the wideness and complexity of its vocabulary. I don't know if actual speakers of Arabic could confirm or deny the veracity of such rumors... Edited by Coheed on 15 July 2012 at 8:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LaughingChimp Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4746 days ago 346 posts - 594 votes Speaks: Czech* | Message 16 of 81 15 July 2012 at 10:43am | IP Logged | ||
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1. All languages are the same, just with different words. You can exactly translate everything. If you can't easily translate, you don't speak the language.
2. Your native language will always be your primary language, you will always just translate into all other languages.
That's not an UL. It would actually need serious effort to not pick up anything at all if you are surrounded by people who speak the language. Edited by LaughingChimp on 15 July 2012 at 10:50am 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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