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[YouTube] The Art of Knowing A thousand Languages

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by SwoLy-D, Mar 9, 2011.

  1. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

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    "The Art of Knowing A thousand Languages" = "el arte de saber mil idiomas" (please be patient and watch the entire thing)

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    This is fascinating to me.

    :eek: Most of it I could understand... she's right on the money on most Spanish... I can probably imitate most of the Spanish ones... close to what she's doing or a little better...
     
  2. roksoer

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    that's not german lol
    also the italian is pretty random too i believe
    her "american" is weird too
     
  3. DreamShook

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    This video would be far more interesting if it was Deke doing all these languages.
     
  4. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    damn, she's got skills.
     
  5. halfling131

    halfling131 Member

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    Would be a bit, no, significantly more impressive with some African or Asian languages in there..

    But she's still amazing
     
  6. Daedalus

    Daedalus Member

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    fully fluent:
    french
    english
    arabic
    greek
    armenian
    italian
    spanish
    pidgin english

    can carry conversation:
    igbo
    housa
    dahome
     
  7. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

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    Nice. Which country's Spanish or what area of the world's Spanish do you speak? Subtle differences are there, as depicted by the YouTube, but... I am interested to find out what you know. :eek:
     
  8. Daedalus

    Daedalus Member

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    castilian
     
  9. Daedalus

    Daedalus Member

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    i learned it after moving to Houston as a teen (from France). Very easy to p-up as French is my 1st language.
     
  10. Ramu3

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    Nice ,that is quite a collection of languages. Im guessing you have various ethnic backgrounds in your immediate family , or did you live in a certain area of Eastern/Southern Europe?
     
  11. Billy Bob

    Billy Bob Member

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    Would hit.
     
  12. Daedalus

    Daedalus Member

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    born in Lebanon, grew up in Benin City (Nigeria), secondary school in Paris (France). Go I.S.P.!

    1/2 Lebanese
    1/4 Greek
    1/4 Armenian
    Fully Good Looking
     
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  14. Ramu3

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    Gotcha , must be nice to talk to women with those languages w/o a major problem. Def a beautiful part of the world in various aspects.
     
  15. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

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    "Me la ******." :eek:
     
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    It sounded exactly the same to my Chinese ears...(apart from french and english obviously).
     
  17. trueroxfan

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    I'm going to Lebanon in August to live for a while, gonna work on my arabic, got any recommendations? I want to just meet and greet, talk to people in arabic, get more comfortable talking in public.
     
  18. Daedalus

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    trueroxfan, knowing the people, my best advice would be to trust your Lebanese hosts.
    I'm jealous.
     
  19. Daedalus

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    get ready for LA on crack (from a vanity perspective).:grin:
     
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    Yeah the German part is way off. There's not a single German word in there.
     

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