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Torbyrne - British polyglot on YouTube | ||
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| bluecollar Groupie United States Joined 6144 days ago 43 posts - 48 votes | Message 9 of 80 22 October 2008 at 8:27am | IP Logged | ||
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Francesco is right.This hyperpolyglot may be the real deal but the proof is not satisfactory.All we can say from watching the videos is he is pretty good with the pronunciation of many languages.One can learn by heart how to say a few sentences of a foreign language without even knowing the meaning.Fluency is a lot more than that.We also wonder how good he is at reading and writing.I hope he will release more videos to shock and awe us.
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| FrancescoP Octoglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5940 days ago 169 posts - 258 votes  Speaks: Italian*, French, English, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Norwegian Studies: Georgian, Japanese, Croatian, Greek | Message 10 of 80 22 October 2008 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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I didn't mean to be suspicious or nit-picking, I wish to underline it, my comment was more in the way of a constructive proposal, something that may help to bring out one's talent more fully and beautifully. Poliglottery is not a race nor a competition, so my attitude is not: "hey, c'mon, where's the evidence that you really can *speak* 17 languages", etc etc. These videos shouldn't be pillory poles, but positive displays of skill for people who sincerely enjoy them. The "teenage wannabe guitarist" attitude, where beginners put on airs and sneer at each other on Youtube, should stay out of the game. We're doing this for the pleasure, so three cheers for the English guy and for all those who have the guts to display their talent in a video!
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| bluecollar Groupie United States Joined 6144 days ago 43 posts - 48 votes | Message 11 of 80 22 October 2008 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I like your philosophy.
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| Buddha192 Bilingual Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5856 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese | Message 12 of 80 02 November 2008 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's pretty amazing. His accents were spot on. I hope he posts more videos so we can learn a bit about his methods.
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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5914 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 13 of 80 04 November 2008 at 3:01pm | IP Logged | ||
FrancescoP, I think you have an excellent suggestion. It would probably be a very time consuming project, but should Torbyrne or any other hyperpolyglot actually do what you have proposed, it would be very impressive indeed. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| bluecollar Groupie United States Joined 6144 days ago 43 posts - 48 votes | Message 14 of 80 11 November 2008 at 7:14am | IP Logged | ||
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All of the languages he speaks are European.I will be more impressed if he can speak some non-European languages.
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6429 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 15 of 80 11 November 2008 at 8:40am | IP Logged | ||
I don't think he does this to impress or shock or awe you. 11 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6483 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 16 of 80 11 November 2008 at 9:23am | IP Logged | ||
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I can't open the video. Youtube says Это видео только для избранных (this video is for the CHOSEN ones only). Damn, I'm not the chosen one :(
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