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| Turind Diglot Newbie Germany Joined 6803 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Indonesian | Message 1 of 16 13 April 2006 at 6:55am | IP Logged | ||
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According to our members' profiles, one person who must rank amoung the most prominent multi-linguists alive is actually a member of our board. I just find it slightly sad that Enigma has yet to enter his/her first post here to enlighten us about his/her outstanding skills.
Let's get serious here: 22 languages fluently??? You must be kiddin. Talk to us! Or are you Ziad Fazah in disguise...? Edited by Turind on 13 April 2006 at 6:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| andee Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7080 days ago 681 posts - 724 votes  3 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Korean, French | Message 2 of 16 13 April 2006 at 7:52am | IP Logged | ||
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I too have been wondering who Enigma is and have been wanting to hear from them on the board.
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7379 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 16 13 April 2006 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have contacted him when I first saw the rather impressive list of languages. The man wants to remain anonymous - hence the nickname - but he accepted to list some details about his specific language skills as a proof of good faith. If you wish to gather questions about his abilities that would not invade his privacy, I will be glad to forward them and he might answer them.
He is neither Ziad Fazah nor Ardaschir, that I can confirm. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lady_skywalker Triglot Senior Member Netherlands aspiringpolyglotblog Joined 6893 days ago 909 posts - 942 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian | Message 4 of 16 13 April 2006 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm just wondering why make an account if you're not going to use it?
I would definately be interested in knowing more about his experiences. What sort of work does he do and what tips can he give the rest of us aspiring polyglots? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6860 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 5 of 16 13 April 2006 at 1:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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It seems like what was most advantageous was that he's actually lived in various countries.
Wouldn't that be amazing, though, to travel the world, and being able talk to almost everyone? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7379 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 16 13 April 2006 at 4:46pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, there is no shortage of people who live as expatriates most of their working life in dozens of countries and never learn anything but a couple words. It is an advantage, sure, but the rest of the way you make on foot like everybody else. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7044 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 7 of 16 14 April 2006 at 3:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm much more cynical than all you. My guess is this: he is an expatriate
who has lived in all these countries as an english teacher, learned survival phrases in all the above languages which enabled to indeed survive there, and hence became overconfident and deemed himself as being "basically fluent." Bottom line, he's a fake. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 7194 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian | Message 8 of 16 14 April 2006 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would be very hesitant to label someone a fake. If he posted all the time bragging about his abilities, perhaps, but this man has done nothing to toot his own horn.
Also, the way I figure is that we lose nothing by having a quiet fake on the board, and stand to gain quite a bit if a genuine hyperglot begins to post. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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