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| s_allard Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5429 days ago 2704 posts - 5425 votes  Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Polish | Message 1 of 7 13 May 2010 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Those of you who follow British politics know that the leader of the Liberal Democratic party has become vice prime minister in a coalition government. How many know that Nick Clegg is fluent in English, Dutch, French, German and Spanish? This is rather unusual in such high-ranking politicians. What is not unusual is how he learned all those languages.
For all of us here who are obsessed with learning many languages, it is quite sobering to learn that Clegg learned these languages very early through a combination of family connections (English, Dutch, Spanish) and immersion in the country (German, and French I would think). It illustrates something that we all know to well. To be truly multilingual, it is best to start early and with some form of immersion. I'm not saying this to discourage anybody. Quite the contrary, I think it is an encouraging development to have politicians who are really multilingual. I do wonder though if he will use these languages officially. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7102 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 7 13 May 2010 at 2:29pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, he spent some time as an MEP, so I imagine he already has. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6010 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 3 of 7 13 May 2010 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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'I'd give Nick 8/10 for Spanish,' says Lib Dem leader's wife, Miriam González Durántez
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| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5338 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 4 of 7 13 May 2010 at 9:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting. I wish any of my politicians knew a lot of languages :(
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| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5546 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 7 13 May 2010 at 11:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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There is already a Nick Clegg thread here.
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| 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 6 of 7 14 May 2010 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
I saw him being interviewed in Dutch on Dutch TV. He seemed to be very fluent but perhaps a bit rusty using some political phrases in Dutch. He seemed very comfortable, natural and relaxed. Maybe a native-Dutch speaker could comment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 7 14 May 2010 at 1:50am | IP Logged | ||
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There is already a thread on Nick Clegg:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=20330 1 person has voted this message useful |
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