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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6548 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 1 of 132 26 September 2013 at 5:32pm | IP Logged |
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Christophe Clugston recently threw the gauntlet down and challenged several polyglots, among those Steve
Kaufman, Benny Lewis and Moses McCormick, to debate language learning. Would you like to see such a debate? Related Video Edited by leosmith on 26 September 2013 at 5:32pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5958 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 2 of 132 26 September 2013 at 5:45pm | IP Logged |
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I would like to see that debate. And it wouldn't be for the language learning wisdom.
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| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5343 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 3 of 132 26 September 2013 at 5:52pm | IP Logged |
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What's the point, really? He seems overly and gratuitously aggressive to me.
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| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6262 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 4 of 132 26 September 2013 at 6:03pm | IP Logged |
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I have to agree with Juan. It is one thing to request a thought provoking discussion on language learning and another to request a debate. A debate, by it's inherent definition, implies the expectation of conflict. I don't see how this would further the spirit that most of us feel for learning languages.
That being said, I would love to see video of some of these well respected polyglots discussing language learning in general. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5431 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 5 of 132 26 September 2013 at 6:26pm | IP Logged |
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Gotta agree. Clugston is a textbook example of internet troll. As interested as I would be in a debate among ploygots, I would expressly avoid one associated with him.
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| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4634 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 6 of 132 26 September 2013 at 6:40pm | IP Logged |
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He seems to take this too seriously. I doubt he even has fun with languages, it just seems like that to him it's all about competition. Does he ever challenge any other polyglot? Every time I see him call someone out, it's always Benny, Steve, or Moses.
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4701 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 7 of 132 26 September 2013 at 6:43pm | IP Logged |
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His tone is extremely negative. I don't think it would be worth anyone's time to engage in a "debate" with this guy.
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| Zarmutek Newbie United States twitter.com/manueljoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4723 days ago 28 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 8 of 132 26 September 2013 at 8:46pm | IP Logged |
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What a disrespectful douche. He insults Moses's intelligence, makes fun of Benny' s weight,
and personally attacks Steve as well. Pathetic. I may not always agree with their methodologies, but personally insulting people for no reason is NOT the way to do things at all. And did you read his comments on the video? What a piece of f**king trash. This actually pissed me off a bit. Edited by Zarmutek on 26 September 2013 at 8:48pm 15 persons have voted this message useful |
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