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| JonB Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6262 days ago 209 posts - 220 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Italian, Dutch, Greek | Message 9 of 149 12 July 2009 at 11:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
Ah I see, I didn't know it was the same person. In this case, yes, I certainly would add Torbyrne/Mr Simcott to the list of genuine hyperpolyglots! However, I still stand by my more general point: I think this research may be of limited value if there is no means of checking that those taking part in the survey really can do what they claim. (It is a rather unfortunate fact that many people tend to 'talk up' their ability in any area of life...) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5844 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 10 of 149 13 July 2009 at 2:43am | IP Logged | |||||
I've proven my written language abilities of my seven languages regularly in Iversen's Multiconfused Log and in the Multilingual Lounge. If it's necessary and possible I will be willing to have all my seven languages tested by standardized tests, grammar tests, listening tests or native speakers. I personally like language exam situations, so I will take it sportive. Besides this I would appreciate getting the chance of taking a standard language aptitude test, because in my experience, normal IQ-tests don't measure language learning capacities. I mean it seriously, if scientists want to test my language skills, I would like to be tested! Fasulye By the way, there are other proven polyglots participating in this forum: Luca (Poliglotta80) and Amir from You Tube, for example. Also JW. Edited by Fasulye on 01 July 2010 at 6:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Walshy Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6939 days ago 335 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German | Message 11 of 149 13 July 2009 at 6:55am | IP Logged | |||||
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What about the administrator, Mr. Micheloud? I believe he speaks 6 languages.
Sadly I haven't seen him on this forum for quite some time now. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| JonB Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6262 days ago 209 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Italian, Dutch, Greek | Message 12 of 149 13 July 2009 at 9:58am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes I know - that is the reason why I have said I would include you on the list of genuine and proven hyperpolyglots. :-) I have no doubt that there are other people who would also genuinely qualify. However there may be some people (I don't want to give names) who claim to speak 6, 7 or 8 languages, but who have only ever posted in English. These are the ones I would want to check up on. Edited by JonB on 13 July 2009 at 10:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6145 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes | Message 13 of 149 13 July 2009 at 11:11am | IP Logged | |||||
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furyou_gaijin and glossika both have substantial knowledge of more than seven languages as well.
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| charlmartell Super Polyglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6241 days ago 286 posts - 298 votes Speaks: French, English, German, Luxembourgish*, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 15 of 149 13 July 2009 at 11:39am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, add to those the gentleman who goes under the name of furyou_gaijin (Serge) and Turaisiawase.
You mean like the one who gives "good advice" but has only occasionally shown us glimpses of one of his many languages, the best one apparently. All very basic mistakes, unfortunately. If people like him take part the outcome of the study will be flawed, because they have an inflated idea of themselves, their way of learning and their achievement. Paul Fonck Edited by charlmartell on 13 July 2009 at 11:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| charlmartell Super Polyglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6241 days ago 286 posts - 298 votes Speaks: French, English, German, Luxembourgish*, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 16 of 149 14 July 2009 at 11:34am | IP Logged | |||||
Sorry, I just checked, he only claims 5 of which 4 at basic fluency only. The rest are just flirtings. So he wouldn't actually qualify for the study. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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