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Negative aspects of being a Polygot? | ||
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| Clintaroo Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6685 days ago 189 posts - 201 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Tagalog, Indonesian | Message 17 of 94 20 March 2007 at 7:59am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Hmm. Can't say I've heard that one before! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Raincrowlee Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 6516 days ago 621 posts - 808 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Indonesian, Japanese | Message 18 of 94 20 March 2007 at 8:30am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I really think that, because they've never experienced knowing more than two (or often even one), they have the wrong idea of how polyglottery works. I think most people think of languages as different programs, and that they are completely separated inside one's head. Switching from one language to another means having to "switch gears" or perhaps "switch places" inside your head. At least that's how I've always taken it to mean. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6682 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 19 of 94 20 March 2007 at 10:34am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I guess I don't know how I do it. I've been immersed in German for so long that I have to sometimes translate in my head what I'm trying to say if I need to speak Spanish. Switching doesn't quite seem like a good term for what I do, because it's too black-and-white. Maybe, "adjusting." My aunt lived with a woman from Belgium as an exchange student, and this Belgium lady could speak several languages. She described it as going into five different kitchens: they are all similar to a point, but if she spent too much time in one "kitchen" going to another caused her some errors until she got herself re-oriented. After a bit of exposure though, she was just as smooth a role as she was in the last "kitchen" she was in. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6970 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 20 of 94 20 March 2007 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Perhaps you were referring to this heated thread about the supposed link of speaking French and being gay. Frankly, it seems that the spurious link (urban legend? / stereotype?) between homosexuality and multilingualism is aimed at multilingual men. I somehow doubt that multilingual women are conversely held to be lesbians. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6970 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 21 of 94 20 March 2007 at 1:52pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I can think of only two disadvantages
1) Dissatisfaction with yourself (if you're perfectionistic or self-depreciating) since you always feel that you need to improve on something in your target language (even if you are already fluent for all intents and purposes) 2) Embarrassment (this applies if you're ostantateous or let on that your abilities are a lot better than they actually are) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| IbanezFire Senior Member United States Joined 6508 days ago 119 posts - 124 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Russian | Message 22 of 94 20 March 2007 at 5:05pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I've never heard the gay thing in regards to being a ployglot.
The only downfalls I could see would be... 1. Time required to maintain language 2. People will expect you to be godlike in language ability and if you mess up they say "ha, your not so good after all!" 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6473 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 23 of 94 21 March 2007 at 10:27am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Maybe people confuse "bilingual" and "bisexual."
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| solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 6855 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 24 of 94 21 March 2007 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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honestly the biggest drawback i can think of is having to make the ultimate decision of which girl from what country who speaks what language natively will you ultimately marry?
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