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| Kary Groupie Canada Joined 6151 days ago 85 posts - 113 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 865 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You often have three or more web browser windows opened to different language dictionaries, another to Google Translate, yet another for searching to find examples of the word/phrase in use and several heavy desk reference dictionaries within arm's reach.
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| zamie Groupie Australia Joined 5255 days ago 83 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Modern Hebrew | Message 866 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 5:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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confused as hell with your heavily configured keyboard. Edited by zamie on 24 July 2010 at 5:43pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6077 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 867 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 7:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When your heroes are Polyglots instead of Musicians and Sportsmen (and when you can't help but laugh when Benny the Irish Genius compares himself to Dr Arguelles
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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5483 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 868 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 7:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
Whoa. Hold up. He compared himself to Professor Arguelles? How exactly did he put this comparison? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 869 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Same question here. That seems a bit odd... ...when you know exactly who these people (and many others) are and are more familiar with them than with any other "normal" celebrities. And then when you make reference them in a conversation, you find it surprising that your listener doesn't know who you're talking about. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6077 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 870 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 8:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
Don't get me wrong, I love Benny's blog and have learned a lot from it. I can't find the exact page where he wrote it, but the line goes something along the lines of "(learners)..who want to be polyglots like Myself, Professor Arguelles and Moses McCormick". Dr Arguelles devoted his life to acquiring an encyclopedic mind, mastering some very exotic languages, and even authoring scholarly works on the subject. Benny, you are a great polyglot (as is Mr McCormick), and an inspiration to many (in fact you are much more "my style" of linguist than some more academic/conventional polyglots) but, likening yourself to Arguelles, however lightly, may actually discourage others from taking your blog seriously (which is EXCELLENT, by the way). 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6005 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German | Message 871 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 10:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When what you're most concerned about knowing about your very drunken last night in Sweden is if you were at least practicing your Swedish... and when you ask your friends they say that you in fact were speaking Swedish, and in addition to that kept running off and being found speaking various foreign languages (including ones you don't know) with other foreigners. Apparently you were "quite belligerent" if addressed in your native English.
... And all this makes you proud that you can stick to your values even while heavily intoxicated. 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6448 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 872 of 3737 24 July 2010 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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... you get extremely excited when you receive a Russian learner's history book in the mail, which has vocabulary notes in French, which you purchased from a German seller (using German to communicate).
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