tmp011007 Diglot Senior Member Congo Joined 6068 days ago 199 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese
| Message 17 of 22 26 April 2012 at 7:44am | IP Logged |
Wulfgar wrote:
I hope this poll will encourage more polyglots to put videos on you tube. |
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just "bling-bling"?.. what about money? ("no money, no honey")
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Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4670 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 18 of 22 28 April 2012 at 8:12am | IP Logged |
I nominate Steve Kaufmann
Mandarin
Japanese
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Swedish, Cantonese, Italian
German
Russian
Agree with his philosophy or not, he's an incredible polyglot.
Edited by Wulfgar on 03 May 2012 at 3:51am
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Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4670 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 19 of 22 03 May 2012 at 3:50am | IP Logged |
I nominate Richard Simcott
16 Language Medly
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tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4664 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian
| Message 20 of 22 06 May 2012 at 7:02pm | IP Logged |
My personal favorites are Richard and Luca. I can't judge them on their abilities (except in English), but from what I have read they seem to be universally acknowledged as highly fluent in many or all of their languages, and yet I have never seen a hint of arrogance, combativeness, or condescension from either of them. The way they both combine enormous dedication and skill with humility and encouragement of other learners is truly inspiring to me.
Edited by tastyonions on 06 May 2012 at 7:03pm
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Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5728 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto
| Message 21 of 22 07 May 2012 at 4:25pm | IP Logged |
tastyonions wrote:
My personal favorites are Richard and Luca . . . and yet I have never seen a hint of arrogance, combativeness, or condescension from either of them. The way they both combine enormous dedication and skill with humility and encouragement of other learners is truly inspiring to me. |
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Yes. I don't know much about Luca, but Richard is very encouraging and tries to help other aspiring polyglots as much as he can, and like you said, he is humble and down-to-earth about his acheivement. Those are the main reasons Richard is one of my favorite polyglots. He also says anyone can do what he does if they put enough time into it.
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hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5129 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe
| Message 22 of 22 07 May 2012 at 7:38pm | IP Logged |
Michael K. wrote:
...but Richard is very encouraging and tries to help other aspiring polyglots as much as he can... |
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Agreed. I like Richard's attitude. I think Luca's pretty encouraging, too.
That said, I've never understood why this community (not just HTLAL, but online language learners in general) feels the need to rank how successful a polyglot is. It's pretty subjective, in my opinion. Some can achieve an A2 level and be quite confident in what they say and how they present themselves, while someone else claims a B2 and comes across as unsure of him/herself.
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