Polyglots - interesting bunch

abu_dana · 11-16-2007, 05:07 PM

Hey, you know what happened to me yesterday? When I was walking around one cafe, a friend of mine, he is very scientific guy, he knows everything (he did three and a half years in school), he just ran into me and started asking me questions about one guy who speaks many languages,

he says: - "I saw him, saw him! and he speaks many languages, I just checked him, what do you call these people in one word?"

I was puzzled

and started thinking until heavy brick fell on my head .... BOOM!!!

And I just remembered this word, and said that these guys call themselves Polyglots!!!!

right???

Because, poly means city, right? Glotus means swallowed, so they kind of swallowed whole cities when they talked .... that was the actual technical idea behind this terminology .... may be ...

True polyglotss are here .... please, check out

But speaking of that brick it crumbled into many pieces ...

abu_dana · 11-22-2007, 04:15 PM

I wouldn't call myself polyglot, I would be a stereoglot, or even monoglot, but I am sure most of the people here are closer to be called Dolby Surround glot (5.1).

The reason why I am a stereoglot is because I know basically two sides - my own language fully and completely and all the rest languages but in very small parts.

A polyglot is someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages. definition by Wikipedia

Another option for Dolby Surround glot is:
Hyperpolyglot.

A hyperpolyglot is one who can speak six or more languages fluently. The term was coined by the linguist Richard Hudson in 2003 and derives from the word "polyglot", meaning one who can speak multiple languages.

Digius · 11-29-2007, 07:10 AM

I think polyglot comes from poli (many) and glot (language)...but I like the Dolby surround glot...seems modern enough to be used on a internet forum

abu_dana · 11-30-2007, 06:44 PM

Digius,
I see. It's interesting so many meanings .....

Here is the Russian site for internet polyglots:
Internet Polyglot - Free language lessons online, Learn English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Russian

abu_dana · 12-22-2007, 07:28 AM

How some popular beliefs are now becoming untrue (unfortunately)....

'Medical myths' exposed as untrue

Quote:

Some claim drinking eight glasses of water a day leads to good health, while reading in dim light damages eyesight.
Others believe we only use 10% of our brains or that shaving legs causes hair to grow back thicker.

But a review of evidence by US researchers surrounding seven commonly-hold beliefs suggests they are actually "medical myths".

Some are utterly untrue, while others have no evidential proof, the British Medical Journal reports.

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis hunted medical literature for evidence on each claim.

They found no evidence supporting the need to drink eight glasses of water a day.

I got especially dissappointed by demystifying of the 10% brain usage belief, because, I was hoping to put to use the rest 90% .... by studying 5-6 more languages to become true Dolby surround, oh.....well, I guess I won't make it ...

11-16-2007, 05:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
abu_dana International Forum Fan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Qazaqstan Posts: 290 abu_dana is an unknown character at this point	Polyglots - interesting bunch Hey, you know what happened to me yesterday? When I was walking around one cafe, a friend of mine, he is very scientific guy, he knows everything (he did three and a half years in school), he just ran into me and started asking me questions about one guy who speaks many languages, he says: - "I saw him, saw him! and he speaks many languages, I just checked him, what do you call these people in one word?" I was puzzled and started thinking until heavy brick fell on my head .... BOOM!!! And I just remembered this word, and said that these guys call themselves Polyglots!!!! right??? Because, poly means city, right? Glotus means swallowed, so they kind of swallowed whole cities when they talked .... that was the actual technical idea behind this terminology .... may be ... True polyglotss are here .... please, check out But speaking of that brick it crumbled into many pieces ... __________________ OMNIGLOT; ANCIENT SCRIPTS
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11-22-2007, 04:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
abu_dana International Forum Fan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Qazaqstan Posts: 290 abu_dana is an unknown character at this point	I wouldn't call myself polyglot, I would be a stereoglot, or even monoglot, but I am sure most of the people here are closer to be called Dolby Surround glot (5.1). The reason why I am a stereoglot is because I know basically two sides - my own language fully and completely and all the rest languages but in very small parts. A polyglot is someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages. definition by Wikipedia Another option for Dolby Surround glot is: Hyperpolyglot. A hyperpolyglot is one who can speak six or more languages fluently. The term was coined by the linguist Richard Hudson in 2003 and derives from the word "polyglot", meaning one who can speak multiple languages. __________________ OMNIGLOT; ANCIENT SCRIPTS
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11-29-2007, 07:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Digius Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Roma Posts: 202 Digius is an unknown character at this point	I think polyglot comes from poli (many) and glot (language)...but I like the Dolby surround glot...seems modern enough to be used on a internet forum __________________ Quello che non ho è quel che non mi serve Lo que no tengo es lo que no me falta _Fabrizio De Andrè_
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11-30-2007, 06:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
abu_dana International Forum Fan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Qazaqstan Posts: 290 abu_dana is an unknown character at this point	Digius, I see. It's interesting so many meanings ..... Here is the Russian site for internet polyglots: Internet Polyglot - Free language lessons online, Learn English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Russian __________________ OMNIGLOT; ANCIENT SCRIPTS
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