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| timwatt Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 6635 days ago 7 posts - 9 votes Speaks: Indonesian, English*, French Studies: Mandarin | Message 1 of 12 18 September 2014 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
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This is an interesting, short Canadian news documentary all about hyperpolyglots. Tim
Doner and Richard Simcott, as well as other hyperglots, are interviewed. The documentary attempts to find out what makes these people so special that they can learn and speak 20 or more languages fluently. Word Play: Hyperpolyglots speak so many languages 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4846 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2 of 12 18 September 2014 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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This was already posted on the forum when it came out. Our forum member Arekkusu participated in the show:
Canada's Global TV hyperpolyglot program Arekkusu's TAC 2012 Team ne nur 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4446 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 3 of 12 18 September 2014 at 1:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Tim Doner and Richard Simcott are just a few on the list including Moses McCormick from Pittsburgh,
Luca Lampariello from Italy and of course Steve Kaufmann from Vancouver. Besides being men, what many of these people have in common is a passion for languages. Like people who are into music, those who are into languages would spend hours a week reading books, newspapers, listening to the radio, TV broadcasts and interacting with people in different languages. A lot of people who study French in a Canadian school would just be picking up as much as they do in class but would do next to nothing outside class (especially during the 3 months summer break). I am a member of a band who perform music with violin as the main instrument. Some years later (pass my teenage years) I decided to get my hands on a piano keyboard. For people who know how to read music, violin music is written on a Treble Clef while piano music is on the Treble & Bass Clefs. Those who have not played piano before would give all sorts of reasons why they wouldn't be able to play including left & right hand coordination, reading the Bass Clef, etc. 2 years ago around November I started working on a piece I learned a while ago: the first movement of the Bach Italian Concerto in F. The piece is roughly 3½ minutes depending on your playing speed. I practiced just that piece (the same piece) everyday for 3 weeks and ended up performing it from memory at a Christmas party. Another band member showed up and stood next to the piano for the whole piece. At that time he took up piano for just over a year. I am sure if he practices often enough, he would be able to play the piece as well. The debate whether acquiring languages is a talent or hard work will be debated for many years. Like the "nature" vs. "nurture" debate. Personally I think a lot can be achieved by hard work given the right circumstances. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5310 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 4 of 12 18 September 2014 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | ||
I don't think it's debated. Those who have worked hard says it's hard work, and those who haven't says it's talent. That's not a debate :D Nice experience with the piano, by the way. I did something similar with a grade 6/7 piano piece. My normal instruments aren't even written on 5-line staves. Unless you count the drums :D 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Speakeasy Senior Member Canada Joined 4054 days ago 507 posts - 1098 votes Studies: German | Message 5 of 12 18 September 2014 at 5:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting discussion. Now, can I have a little fun, here? Since polyglot and hyperglot already exist as distinct words, why is it necessary to create the ponderous amalgam hyperpolyglot? By logical extension, would this not lead to the creation of polyhyperpolyglot and hyperhyperpolyglot or other meaningless variants? Edited by Speakeasy on 18 September 2014 at 5:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5768 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 6 of 12 18 September 2014 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHVSshgPlQs ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| robarb Nonaglot Senior Member United States languagenpluson Joined 5061 days ago 361 posts - 921 votes Speaks: Portuguese, English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, French Studies: Mandarin, Danish, Russian, Norwegian, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Greek, Latin, Nepali, Modern Hebrew | Message 7 of 12 19 September 2014 at 7:00am | IP Logged | ||
Polyhyperpolyglot (n) A person who knows an extremely large number of several different kinds of language. For example, twelve natural languages, nine constructed languages, eight programming languages, ten formal languages in mathematics, and eleven speech-ciphering systems like Pig Latin and Gibberish. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6705 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 12 19 September 2014 at 10:47am | IP Logged | ||
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Ahem, if we follow Erard there must be at least 11 languages of each kind. Dick Hudson only demanded six languages, but it would be against the whole idea of this absurd naming convention to lower the bar. The goal must be to define the notion in such a way that nobody would even attempt to try to achieve it.
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