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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6919 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 9 26 July 2011 at 10:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just received this terrific book in the mail and thought I would share:
Click Here for: Limits of Language: Almost Everything You Didn't Know About Language and Languages And here is a sample of the first 33 pages of the book: Sample of Limits of Language Book Edited by translator2 on 26 July 2011 at 10:50pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| exscribere Diglot Senior Member IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5279 days ago 104 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Danish Studies: Mandarin, French, Korean, Hindi | Message 2 of 9 27 July 2011 at 4:25am | IP Logged | ||
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I shall pine for an e-copy, since I'm now on an e-book only diet. Looks fantastic... I'm jealous.
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| Icaria909 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 201 posts - 346 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 9 27 July 2011 at 4:29am | IP Logged | ||
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I must get my hands on that!
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6919 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 4 of 9 29 August 2011 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I hereby 100% REVOKE my recommendation of this book as I just got to the chapter on Polyglots and there is an entire section devoted to the genius that is Ziad Fazah. For me, that calls into question the factual nature of everything else written in the book!
I cannot believe that the rumor is still perpetuating itself! I apologize to everyone who wasted their money. I shall be burning my copy. Edited by translator2 on 29 August 2011 at 3:50pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 6 of 9 29 August 2011 at 11:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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To be honest, I was a little surprised by the original post since a few reviewers on Amazon had already noted problems with the book's contents.
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| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6659 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 7 of 9 30 August 2011 at 7:55am | IP Logged | ||
Can you explain this a little bit further because I really do not understand what you’re aiming at with your complaint. What rumour? How can a rumour sabotage the entire ethos of a book? Was not the other chapters in it of any worth? I’m not saying you’re wrong in your conclusion that the book is worth to be burnt (But let’s not go there: Wo man Bücher brennt, verbrennt man am ends noch Menschen!) — merely just curious what is wrong with it. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 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 9 30 August 2011 at 10:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Instead of burning the book you could just sit down and read it as entertainment.
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