Comments on: Polyglots of the Present http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ryan http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-205 Ryan Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:35:40 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-205 Patrick: Thanks for reading! I chose not to include Sandra and Kobe because they were both raised bilingually. Everyone else on the list made a decision to learn the languages they know. Audrey Hepburn is on the list but not in this post. In the post before this one (published on the 2nd of May) I wrote about polyglots who are now deceased and, sadly, Audrey Hepburn passed years ago. Patrick: Thanks for reading! I chose not to include Sandra and Kobe because they were both raised bilingually. Everyone else on the list made a decision to learn the languages they know. Audrey Hepburn is on the list but not in this post. In the post before this one (published on the 2nd of May) I wrote about polyglots who are now deceased and, sadly, Audrey Hepburn passed years ago.

]]> By: Patrick X. http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-204 Patrick X. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:51:26 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-204 Hey, you forgot to mention Sandra Bullock who speaks fluent English and German, Audrey Hepburn who spoke fluent English, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish, Kobe Bryan who speaks fluent English and pretty good Italian! Here are clips of them speaking various languages! Just type their name and the languages they speak, you can find lots of them! p.s. I was going to post them but somehow I can't publish my reply Hey, you forgot to mention Sandra Bullock who speaks fluent English and German, Audrey Hepburn who spoke fluent English, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish, Kobe Bryan who speaks fluent English and pretty good Italian!

Here are clips of them speaking various languages!

Just type their name and the languages they speak, you can find lots of them!

p.s. I was going to post them but somehow I can’t publish my reply

]]> By: Ryan http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-68 Ryan Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:43:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-68 It's true that Mr. Fazah puts more emphasis on speaking and that Dr. Arguelles puts more emphasis on reading but Mr. Fazah can read the languages that he speaks and Dr. Arguelles can speak the languages that he reads. It’s true that Mr. Fazah puts more emphasis on speaking and that Dr. Arguelles puts more emphasis on reading but Mr. Fazah can read the languages that he speaks and Dr. Arguelles can speak the languages that he reads.

]]> By: gbar http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-66 gbar Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:23:57 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-66 Ziad Fazah - "He is very possibly the most advanced polyglot alive in the world today. " That would depend on how you see polyglottery. While Fazah's achivements are certainly impressive, he is a speaking polyglot. He learns languages to be able to speak them. Arguelles on the other side is a "reading polyglot", he learns languages to read the great books in their original tongues of composition. Ziad Fazah – “He is very possibly the most advanced polyglot alive in the world today. ”

That would depend on how you see polyglottery. While Fazah’s achivements are certainly impressive, he is a speaking polyglot. He learns languages to be able to speak them. Arguelles on the other side is a “reading polyglot”, he learns languages to read the great books in their original tongues of composition.

]]> By: Ryan http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-46 Ryan Sat, 24 May 2008 21:59:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-46 Anonymous: Why didn't you leave your name like everybody else? You're right about Wendy Vo! Sorry, she speaks eleven languages and is eight-years-old. I'll change that.<br/><br/>Anonymous: It's true, those are languages that Ziad and Stuart have studied and do not speak perfectly. In Ziad's case, if given a few days to refresh his memory, he can speak any of his 59 languages. The T.V. show in Chile was a trap where he was set up and not told that he would be tested on his languages. He should have walked out but, since they paid him to be on the show, he tried to wing it and it didn't work out. Don't believe everything you read in chat rooms or see on youtube. Anonymous: Why didn’t you leave your name like everybody else? You’re right about Wendy Vo! Sorry, she speaks eleven languages and is eight-years-old. I’ll change that.

Anonymous: It’s true, those are languages that Ziad and Stuart have studied and do not speak perfectly. In Ziad’s case, if given a few days to refresh his memory, he can speak any of his 59 languages. The T.V. show in Chile was a trap where he was set up and not told that he would be tested on his languages. He should have walked out but, since they paid him to be on the show, he tried to wing it and it didn’t work out. Don’t believe everything you read in chat rooms or see on youtube.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-45 Anonymous Sat, 24 May 2008 21:43:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-45 Fazah Ziad's list is long but they are just the languages he has learnt,not the ones he can speak.He was tested on a Chilean TV show not long ago and he couldn't understand basic sentences in Russian,Mandarin Chinese,Farsi,etc.He looks like a big hoax to me.I like Steve and Wendy Vo.They showcased their languages.We can see their languages still need more work,but they indeed speak them fluently.Stuard Raj showed off just a few of his languages,so I have a lot of doubt.The rest of the polyglots are pure smoke and mirror. Fazah Ziad’s list is long but they are just the languages he has learnt,not the ones he can speak.He was tested on a Chilean TV show not long ago and he couldn’t understand basic sentences in Russian,Mandarin Chinese,Farsi,etc.He looks like a big hoax to me.I like Steve and Wendy Vo.They showcased their languages.We can see their languages still need more work,but they indeed speak them fluently.Stuard Raj showed off just a few of his languages,so I have a lot of doubt.The rest of the polyglots are pure smoke and mirror.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-44 Anonymous Sat, 24 May 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-44 Hey Ryan.It seems Wendy Vo is 8 years old,not 11. Hey Ryan.It seems Wendy Vo is 8 years old,not 11.

]]> By: Ryan http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-25 Ryan Thu, 08 May 2008 20:16:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-25 Thomas,<br/><br/> Welcome to the blog. Shatner was in the first full length movie filmed Esperanto. I don’t know if he learned it before or after being cast in the movie. He learned Sign Language to communicate with a 400 lbs. gorilla that had a crush on him and knew how to sign. His French and English come from being one of the many bilingual Canadians. Thomas,

Welcome to the blog. Shatner was in the first full length movie filmed Esperanto. I don’t know if he learned it before or after being cast in the movie. He learned Sign Language to communicate with a 400 lbs. gorilla that had a crush on him and knew how to sign. His French and English come from being one of the many bilingual Canadians.

]]> By: Tomas http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-24 Tomas Thu, 08 May 2008 20:03:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-24 I'm surprised that Bill Shatner is keen on Esperanto.<br/>What's the point of learning an artificial dead language.<br/>At least Bill Shatner is alive! I’m surprised that Bill Shatner is keen on Esperanto.
What’s the point of learning an artificial dead language.
At least Bill Shatner is alive!

]]> By: Ryan http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-23 Ryan Tue, 06 May 2008 22:49:00 +0000 http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/polyglots-of-the-present/#comment-23 Cate:<br/><br/> You are also welcomed to the blog. Congratulations on your linguistic knowledge. There is an excellent and free website dedicated to language exchange via the internet. It’s called www.polyglot-learn-language.com and you can sign up to get a “language exchange-buddy” to get any one of your languages up to a higher level while you help the other person with English. The site also has a chat room where people from all over the world come to talk in a wide variety of languages. You should check it out if you’re serious about picking up those other languages. Cate:

You are also welcomed to the blog. Congratulations on your linguistic knowledge. There is an excellent and free website dedicated to language exchange via the internet. It’s called http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com and you can sign up to get a “language exchange-buddy” to get any one of your languages up to a higher level while you help the other person with English. The site also has a chat room where people from all over the world come to talk in a wide variety of languages. You should check it out if you’re serious about picking up those other languages.

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