Alex Rawlings, a 20-year-old student, is fluent in 11 languages !
Alex Rawlings, a 20-year-old student at Oxford University, has won a search to identify the most multilingual student in the U.K.
Publisher Harper Collins bestowed the title on Rawlings as part of a nationwide search they launched last June in promotion of their new language and learning courses, according to the company's website.
Rawlings showcased his fluency or near-fluency in 11 languages including English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Afrikaans, French, Hebrew, Catalan and Italian.
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Added: Feb-26-2012 Occurred On: Feb-23-2012
By: Chucknoooo
In: WTF
Tags: polyglot, alex rawlings, languages, student, harper collins, multilingualism, contest
Location: United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
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By: Chucknoooo
In: WTF
Tags: polyglot, alex rawlings, languages, student, harper collins, multilingualism, contest
Location: United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 1572 | Comments: 24 | Votes: 2 | Favorites: 1 | Shared: 5 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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11?
I have met a few girls in Europe who could speak 6.
They all had jobs with tourism as you might expect.
They were all paid quite a bit.
11 is outstanding.
Posted Feb-26-2012 Bymoefugger (2157.86) 
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I've been trying to learn French for about ten years now, its a real bastard. Anyone who can speak eleven languages fluently is a genius in my book.
Posted Feb-26-2012 Byspellingpolice (390.50) 
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This guy is a prodigy.... he only speaks 11 because he hasn't bothered to learn another 11.
Posted Feb-26-2012 ByRubicon_Cube (40144.84) 
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@Rubicon_Cube - " The sort of general malaise that the genius possess and the insane lament."
Posted Feb-27-2012 ByFahstahoahn (312.20) 
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Man Im fluent in 3 languages and that is a chore sometime
But this guy is special !!!
Impressive
Posted Feb-27-2012 Bygryphn (119.22) 
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he's nothing but a hyperpolyglot. big whoop.
Posted Feb-27-2012 ByFahstahoahn (312.20) 
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I've met quite a few people that are fluent in 5+ languages, it's a global trend now I suppose.
Personally, I speak 4 and read a few a more, out of need tho.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bycbravo (254.40) 
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Brilliant.......
Posted Feb-26-2012 ByJayashankar Xpower (11.00) 
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Wow.
Posted Feb-26-2012 Bytat2d (3227.08) 
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impressive
Posted Feb-26-2012 Byinthehills97 (21.00) 
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My girlfriend speaks French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Mandarin and maybe some really bad English. Her sister speaks French, German, Italian, Japanese, Cantonese and another version of awful English. Together, I've got quite the world translation guide when I travel. Mind you, a bunch of translation books cost a shitload less than these two and they wouldn't stray into every clothing store and shoe shop that they see.
Posted Feb-26-2012 Bymlivsey (1121.76) 
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The best way to learn a language is to travel. And if you don't have the money to travel, you can just watch foreign movies and TV shows, just to get your ears used to the new language.
Posted Feb-26-2012 Byolifaxe (179.40) 
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Amazing.
Posted Feb-26-2012 ByJostler (158.90) 
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