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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6036 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 9 of 26 29 March 2009 at 11:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
Oh, ok. Anyway, both ways of describing it are Eurocentric in a way. Maybe we should use "Jack of all trades" instead. Except that it is sexist and slightly derogatory. But we can change it to "Jessie of all trades" or something ;p That's hilarious, uh ^_^ Edited by Sennin on 29 March 2009 at 11:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5767 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 10 of 26 30 March 2009 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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But you didn't answer the question Sennin! I'm bumping this up because I think it's interesting. Maybe people aren't reading the thread 'cos they also think it's about mathematics?!
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6036 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 11 of 26 31 March 2009 at 12:51am | IP Logged | |||||
I'm your typical jack of all trades, being a software engineer by education but keen to draw, sketch, do web design and what not. I'm also a dormant philosopher, which only serves to annoy people. But I think it's very important to have a clear idea what is your primary thing in life. Polymathy and polyglottery can be both positive and negative, depending on how you handle them. If the different skills (be it linguistic or other) are mutually supportive, then it is clearly beneficial. On the other hand, if you fail to integrate all the various interests and endeavours, it's only chaos and waste of time (I think the proper term is "wanderlust"). Depending on the desired quality and the available resources, sometimes less is better and sometimes more is better ;p. Edited by Sennin on 31 March 2009 at 1:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5926 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 12 of 26 31 March 2009 at 1:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't think I really have a desire to be an expert in many fields though I am interested in many things; some of them overlap, e.g. psychology, languages and history. I also enjoy playing basketball, football (both kinds), cycling and dancing and these activities do not really overlap with the first three subjects, and I have not mastered any of them yet. Edited by mick33 on 31 March 2009 at 1:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| icing_death Senior Member United States Joined 5863 days ago 296 posts - 302 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 26 31 March 2009 at 7:32am | IP Logged | |||||
You forgot sex. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6374 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 14 of 26 31 March 2009 at 7:50am | IP Logged | |||||
You, sir, are a legend. You cannot forget sex. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Akipenda Lugha Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5740 days ago 78 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Swahili, Sign Language, Spanish | Message 15 of 26 31 March 2009 at 7:55am | IP Logged | |||||
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No worries, I've got that one covered, I watched Zapp Brannigan's Guide to Making Love at a Woman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LywY26WVUvw Edited by Akipenda Lugha on 31 March 2009 at 7:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6036 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 16 of 26 31 March 2009 at 3:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
Sex is covered by "sport" and "playing a musical instrument". I can't believe you 're not aware of these trivialities. You better familiarize yourself quickly :p. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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