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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6911 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 15 14 March 2008 at 10:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Trying to stick to the subject line (and slightly move the topic from Ziad Fazah, who has been discussed to death), we have couple of members on this forum that speak a lot of languages:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/member-language-p rofile.asp As you say, a low bar makes it a lot easier to say that you "speak" the language, as is probably the case with a lot of multilingual kids (e.g. the Vietnamese-American girl mentioned recently), people who have travelled a lot (being able to "get by") and so on. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6318 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 10 of 15 14 March 2008 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | ||
Even if he had access to materials for all of these languages, I highly doubt any of it would have given him more than a working knowledge. I don't recall him ever saying he was fluent in these languages (I may be mistaken), but being "able to speak" them is quite a different thing, because there are no specific criteria other than having at least some knowledge of whatever language it is you're trying to speak. Edited by Fränzi on 14 March 2008 at 4:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| magic9man2 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6631 days ago 149 posts - 153 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Arabic (Written), Mandarin, French, Cantonese, Russian, Korean, Taiwanese, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 11 of 15 14 March 2008 at 10:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think it's astounding how confident he is. Saying he can learn all of the world's languages in such a short time.
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| bluecollar Groupie United States Joined 6156 days ago 43 posts - 48 votes | Message 12 of 15 20 March 2008 at 8:08am | IP Logged | ||
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I watched the Chilean TV show.Ziad Fazah was a hoax.He didn't understand Russian,Chinese,Farsi.Probably he can speak a few languages and he can say hi in 54 languages.
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| Swarfega Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5722 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Speaks: Ancient Greek*, Arabic (Written), Albanian, Basque | Message 13 of 15 04 April 2009 at 12:33am | IP Logged | ||
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The man is a total fraud!
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| betaquarx Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 5721 days ago 70 posts - 90 votes Speaks: German*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 14 of 15 04 April 2009 at 12:50am | IP Logged | ||
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When i first heard about him i was excited. It gave me this "nothing is impossible" feeling, and really encouraged me to learn just the few languages on my list.
When he did 54, i thought, i can do 8. Then i saw the aforementioned video on youtube. And was disappointed to say the least. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo baby! Senior Member United States Joined 5979 days ago 202 posts - 208 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* | Message 15 of 15 06 April 2009 at 7:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if he's a flat out fraud. He probably was more familiar with those languages when he actively studied them but as time went by it wasn't easy for him to maintain all those languages so eventually he started to forget them.
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