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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6074 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 1 of 3 30 June 2008 at 8:13am | IP Logged |
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There is a Wikipedia item about this guy. He was an American baseball player who was a good linguist and was also involved in wartime espionage. Some say he knew seven languages, some ten, one of them being Japanese. He was known to shout instructions in Latin to another player as a code during games.
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| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6027 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 2 of 3 17 July 2008 at 9:17am | IP Logged |
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Yes, quite an odd guy:
For the next 20 years, Berg had no real job, living off friends and relatives who put up with him because of his charisma. When they would ask what he did for a living, he would reply by putting his finger to his lips, giving them the impression that he was still a spy[...] His brother finally grew fed up with the arrangement and asked Moe to leave and even had eviction papers drawn up. After being evicted from his brother's home, Berg moved in with his sister Ethel in Belleville, New Jersey, where he remained for the rest of his life. Edited by Maikl on 17 July 2008 at 9:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6074 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 3 of 3 18 July 2008 at 11:03am | IP Logged |
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I felt there were gaps in knowledge about Berg, and this made him seem more mysterious in his behaviour. Perhaps he had a nervous breakdown, perhaps he encountered a setback in his personal life. The Wikipedia item was like a jigsaw puzzle with a number of missing pieces.
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