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| squonk Groupie United States Joined 4534 days ago 44 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Irish | Message 81 of 149 25 January 2012 at 4:09am | IP Logged | ||
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The spelling Sprachegefühl on p. 263 (and again on p. 264) is a typo, no? Edited by squonk on 25 January 2012 at 4:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6491 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 82 of 149 25 January 2012 at 1:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5635 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 83 of 149 27 January 2012 at 5:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting review of "Babel No More" at Barnes and Noble by Graeme Wood:
Graeme Wood: Review of "Babel No More" Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 27 January 2012 at 6:00am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5635 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 84 of 149 28 January 2012 at 10:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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... and here comes Michael Erard in his newest radio podcast interview! I can recommend listening because he also explains things which are not written in his book "Babel No More".
Pathways Radio Podcast: Interview with Michael Erard about "Babel No More" Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 28 January 2012 at 10:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5635 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 85 of 149 30 January 2012 at 5:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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A detailed analysis book review of "Babel No More" written by Yearlyglot on his blog:
Yearlyglot: Book review of "Babel No More" Fasulye My question to Michael Erard and other forum users about the term "idiosyncrasy": Is only lefthandedness or ambidexterity an idiosyncrasy or is also righthandedness an idiosyncrasy? For me important to know! Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 30 January 2012 at 5:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5517 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 86 of 149 30 January 2012 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm pretty sure lefthandedness & ambidexterity is the idiosyncracy because from a class I had we learned that over 80% of the human population is righthanded, and this trend goes back many centuries.
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| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5635 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 87 of 149 31 January 2012 at 7:20am | IP Logged | ||
So only the exception is called an idiosyncrasy and not the distinguishing characteristic of the majority (for example righthandedness). This is what I wanted to know. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5635 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 88 of 149 31 January 2012 at 7:23am | IP Logged | ||
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Magazine article with interview about "Babel No More":
Time Healthland: Are You a Hyperpolyglot? The Secrets of Language Superlearners Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 31 January 2012 at 7:25am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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