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translator2
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28 July 2008 at 9:45am | IP Logged 
Article from June 21, 2008. Still claiming to speak 59 languages I see:

First Person: Ziad Fazah
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Vlad
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28 July 2008 at 10:08am | IP Logged 
Translator2,

When I clicked the link it showed : article not found.

You don't happen to have it saved by anychance?
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Henryk
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28 July 2008 at 11:37am | IP Logged 
Here it is:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5a6ab3b4-3c0d-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2 ac.html
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translator2
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28 July 2008 at 2:14pm | IP Logged 
Try this link
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28 July 2008 at 10:58pm | IP Logged 
Fascinating if true. He must be a savant to learn complex languages in a small amount of time.
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jimbo baby!
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 Message 7 of 43
28 July 2008 at 11:05pm | IP Logged 
paranday wrote:
Is there a common tendency for some people to claim to speak another language well, even when they cannot?

An acquaintance always claimed to speak French, I always had my doubts. When she did an interview on French television, it was a disaster, just as I had imagined. Is there a name for this false sense of fluency?




Some people get to the intermediate level and they think they are fluent because they can express themselves and talk about everyday things. I'm at the intermediate level in French and I can express myself reasonably well, but there is no way I would even think about doing an interview in French right now with native speakers. I know I would get lost so fast and embarrass myself. By any chance do you have the video of your friend's interview?
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