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Motivations for becoming a polyglot | ||
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| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4057 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 25 of 60 03 October 2013 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | ||
I had the option to study "lång lärokurs" Swedish when I was ten years old, thus making the years of English ten and Swedish nine that I had in school. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4162 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 26 of 60 04 October 2013 at 7:44am | IP Logged | ||
I like the term linguaphile, as described by Kato Lomb. In greek we say γλωσσομαθής (beautiful word!), rather than πολύγλωσσος, which is fine by me since the term polyglot, a person with many tongues, sounds totally creepy in our very descriptive language. If I rethink the op's question, I'd say I have no motivation to be a polyglot, but I am already a linguaphile who is trying to become γλωσσομαθής, learned in languages. Edited by renaissancemedi on 04 October 2013 at 7:47am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4443 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 27 of 60 04 October 2013 at 10:38am | IP Logged | ||
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I really like the word γλωσσομαθής, learned in languages, and I'd rather call myself that than "polyglot". Unfortunately only Greek-speakers would understand what I'm talking about.
I did never have a motivation for becoming a polyglot as such. I just discovered at one point that languages are fascinating, and besides they open up windows and doors to new cultures and experiences. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4162 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 28 of 60 04 October 2013 at 10:40am | IP Logged | ||
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You are just that, Ogrim. You fit the description perfectly!
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| Lykeio Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4048 days ago 120 posts - 357 votes | Message 30 of 60 04 October 2013 at 11:53am | IP Logged | ||
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I agree I've never really liked the word polyglot and thus I've never really used it of
myself. Plus, growing up in a quadrilingual environment I'm multilingual in the proper functional sense anyway. I'd say I became a "polyglot" by accident with regards to most modern foreign languages, I never really intended to pick up French or Italian or German but all were requirements for me to actually take my degree (they're research languages) so...I basically had to with those three. Both French and Italian come in use whenever I'm in those countries for conferences or holidays though which is nice. Erm...obviously with ancient languages I just love learning them but I'm not counting those. I really want to learn something "exotic" though. I don't necessarily mean Russian or Arabic or Mandarin since everyone around me seems to know one or the other from their schooling background. I mean...I don't know, Turkish or Finnish or something. Something out there with no value whatsoever to my studies or anything. I get to frustrated trying to choose and trying to find to just...pick one and learn. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5149 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 31 of 60 04 October 2013 at 5:41pm | IP Logged | ||
All too often public intellectuals fortify a modest endowment of the former with herculean displays of the latter - a fatal combination, if you ask me. Just look at the likes of Paul Krugman or Richard Dawkins. The prerequisite to thought is curiosity, and the means for satisfying it, time, books and languages. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Raincrowlee Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 6506 days ago 621 posts - 808 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Indonesian, Japanese | Message 32 of 60 04 October 2013 at 6:46pm | IP Logged | ||
All words start somewhere. You've seen what the Internet has done to LOLcats. Why not this? Edited by Raincrowlee on 04 October 2013 at 6:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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