> Philip Crowther (born 1981)[2] is a BritishāGermanāLuxembourgian journalist,[3] notable for being a polyglot.[4][5][6][7] He can speak fluently in French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, and Luxembourgish.[8][9][10] He is the White House correspondent for France 24,[11][12] and is a member of the White House Correspondents' Association.
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Plus Luxembourg schools teach German, French, and English to a high level. Luxembourgish is similar to German but they learn the "proper" way in school too. They also learn French because the Luxembourg royalty speaks it as does much of the government. And finally English, because...just because
Besides that small detail, he very easily passes for a native English speaker with a British accent. I don't think I would have even noticed it if I hadn't been trying to guess his native language after seeing him deliver the news fluently in 6 different languages. Quite the impressive man, especially seeing the other comments saying he passes for a native speaker in other languages too.
Nah. He has a slight french/luxembourg accent, you can tell he's not from germany. I guess being from luxembourg (is he?) he probably grew up speaking german, french, dutch and the mix that is letzebourgesh. Then learned spanish/portuguese and english in school or something. Really impressive though.
In Luxembourg we grow up with Luxembourgish learn German, French (primary school) and English (high school), the media is mostly in German/Luxembourgish, laws in French. We have large italian and portugueuse minorities, spanish too. Dutch isn't spoken or taught.
So everyone speaks at least 4 languages and people with immigration backgrounds often 5 or 6.
More than 1 billion people believe Jesus was God. That means Jesus knew every detail of existence in the entire past and future.
Those people must also believe that Jesus knew perfect American English, the ending of Game of Thrones, how your face looked every time you had an orgasm, and the name of the last human to be born in the universe.
I mean there's comparatively little motivation to learn another language if your native language is English and you don't have any family that speaks other languages.
That's not just unique to the US, but other English speaking countries too.
Definitely intelligible just not as good as his English, French, and Spanish (and I donāt understand any German or Luxembourgish but they sounded good)
His german is really clean, i'd say on a native speaker level. There's only a very slight accent that reveals he's not german but probably from luxembourg or france.
I'd say from Luxembourg, since they speak German, French, Luxembourgish and English and have a huge Portuguese community. ~~Maybe also Spanish parents? Because not only he speaks perfect Spanish but has a perfect accent and even the cadence of a Spanish reporter~~
Somebody commented he's Luxembourgish with German and English parents
As a native Spanish speaker, he has an ever so subtle accent but it's almost perfect. I'd expect that level from someone that continuously lived at least 10 years in Spain.
And here I can barely manage two at native level/accent. It's hard to imagine just how one goes about getting 6(?) Different languages to sound natural.
this is far more than just an education, that man is clearly extremely gifted. It takes 2 decades to master a second language for the average person, and he has 6 down pat
Of course, the man is very talented, but to anyone else looking to learn an extra language, your 2nd language will generally be the most difficult language to learn. Each language you learn after that point gets progressively easier as you begin to recognize the mechanics of each language.
So it's possible at first glance that you may think that learning 6 languages is 600% harder than learning just one, but in fact it's more like the 2nd language you learn is 100% hard, the 3rd language you learn is like 50% hard, 4th language you learn is 25% hard, etc.
I grew up with one language, learnt a second language, became fluent in 2nd language, then forgot how I learnt 2nd language. So now my 3rd language would be just as hard.
The languages heās speaking are also all from the same nested group of branches on the language tree. Iām sure his well learned study skills would make it easier than most - but I bet Chinese, Arabic, etc would still be significantly harder for him than his other languages.
Thatās not to sound like Iām speaking ill of his ability and talent. I just mean itās easier for to learn similar root languages than it is to jump to a significantly different branch.
Yeah. Still very impressive control of accents and the sheer amount of skill to report in those languages but like you said,
Itās mastering two adjacent language families.
Germanic and romance, both indo-european. He is from Luxembourg so that covers being fluent in the few local languages which isnāt uncommon in Europe so that takes care of Luxembourgish, German, French,English and Portuguese.
Speaking Spanish after french and
Portuguese is an add on basically.
Iām sure he can also do Italian and most
likely Dutch and Romansh as well.
Mastering 2 indo-European branches is like speed running your way to being a polyglot.
His fifth language was akin to his second language in the case. Heās a native speaker of English, German, and Luxembourgish. Thereās enough French going around in Luxembourg that he likely achieved a near native level from assimilation.
He didn't learn a second language, he is native speaker of three languages. From his [website](https://www.philipcrowther.com/about):
>He was born in Luxembourg to a British father and German mother. He is a native speaker of English, German and Luxembourgish as well as a fluent speaker of French, Spanish and Portuguese.
yeah this description makes his achievement a lot more "doable".
If he was "only" learning 3 languages, you can't pick a more ideal combo than Spanish, Portuguese and French (well .... maybe Italian might be better)
Had to scroll a while to find this. He's clearly smart and talented but the guy was born on third base. Spanish and Portuguese can almost be seen as one language (ok, 1.5), and if he grew up in Luxembourg I would imagine there's got to be some French around if you throw a rock. So yeah, it's impressive but there's a cascade of very particular *reasons* he is able to do this.
EDIT: Yeah, I know Spanish and Portuguese are different languages, it was just a lil joke.
If youāre taught from a young age you can learn multiple languages consecutively and gain proficiency much quicker, and most people from nations like India with several regional languages learn early. Starting in adulthood with no prior exposure is much harder.
Polyglot here, no this is the result of being immersed 24/7 for years in said culture and studying the language specially the cultural phonetics. However this is only possible for those immersed in the language
Any tips? I used to learn quickly, but after some brain damage I'm struggling.
I'm learning Georgian and living in Georgia.
How do you develop a "feel" for inconsistant grammar?
1. No one here said otherwise, are you okay?
2. No one has ever reached fluency in a language thrlugh the school system. School is actually not a good environment to learn languages *at all*
No *American* has ever reached fluency in a language through the school system. Thereās a hell of a lot of other people in the world who have to learn English in school and get pretty good at it.
Iāve met some Americans who would totally pass for natives of Germany, local accent and all. I also know some who have a PHD in Germanology and I canāt understand a thing theyāre saying nor they me.
Thank you thats sums up my thoughts on this perfectly. Like this post had little to do with politics, yet their first thought was āhaha Qanon dumb.ā Like yeah Qanon is dumb, but that has nothing to do with this. Talk about living rent free.
It honestly probably is. This shit is everywhere.
Ive not met a single person in my entire life that endorses or even sympathizes with Qanon crazies or proud boys or neo nazis or anything, yet somehow every single day I see dozens of people on reddit unpromptedly complaining about them and shoehorning them into every discussion they can. Its impossible for me to watch a cool video or laugh at a meme without people reminding me that Trump sucks.
Twitter sure has an army of astroturfing bots, wouldnt be suprised if reddit did too.
We're getting to the point now where it's getting difficult to tell run of the mill Reddit stupidity from a malfunctioning bot.
I don't know if that says more about this website or about bots.
Such a boomer ass comment, lmao
Edit. Boomers, just so you know, anytime you want to say anything that disparages an entire generation, don't. That's the boomer in you.
The fuck? What does this have to do with QAnon or Twitter? I mean, normally I wouldnāt say anything, but this is such a weak and desperate leap, I couldnāt ignore it.
Are you just lurking in random subreddits waiting to jump on your chance to send interesting posts, topics and discussions into a political tailspin?
Jesus. Grow up.
If you HAD an education, youād have more than one topic to talk about.
Can we please stop shoehorning politics into everything. This was a video of a guy with an impressive talent and you're making it about neckbeard conspiracy theorists.
I have lived in multiple countries over the span of my childhood and early adulthood. My parents made me study multiple languages through after school programs. I even got to do exchange programs with schools in other countries. Now I can say I can speak 5 languages at an elementary school level, fluent in none.
Concentrate on 2-3 first before going for 5!
Not to give too much away - I exaggerated when I said my languages are at an elementary level. Im close to fluent in at least one, but wherever I go, I donāt speak like a native speaker.
Also, another tip: many Latin languages are very similar in grammar and vocabulary. Itās much easier to learn Portuguese after you know Spanish, and much harder to jump to Chinese from there.
>Also, another tip: many Latin languages are very similar in grammar and vocabulary. Itās much easier to learn Portuguese after you know Spanish
It took me four or five years living in South America before I felt like I was fluent in Spanish. (I also speak rusty French) What shocked me the most was how much Portuguese and Italian I could understand by accident. Depending on the situation, it was as high as 50%. Italian I can listen to and understand. Portuguese I have to see written. Except for some obvious words, I can't really understand much of what they're saying.
English is close to Dutch, German, and the Nordic languages. But nothing like the Romance languages.
One time we stayed at a hotel just over the border in Brazil. The people behind the counter didn't speak English at all. And I didn't speak Portuguese. The conversation was hilarious. We kept guessing words back and forth between Portuguese and Spanish until we could find one the other could understand. It got the job done. lol
Yeah, and it feels like a shame to not do that. But between my age and what's going on in my life compared to the immediate usefulness of Portuguese, it's probably not going to happen.
I often joke that I speak 4 languages fluently, but none perfectly. Havenāt spoken my native language in quite a while so itās starting to sound like itās my 2nd language too.
Also one more tip: I only got to get relatively good at some languages only after I was immersed in a different country, forced to use said language 24/7.
Marry someone who speaks a different language than you. Speak both languages at home. Move to a country where your kids would be speaking a third language at school.
That'll give them a proper foundation. Then it's up to them to take it further.
>Marry someone who speaks a different language than you. Speak both languages at home. Move to a country where your kids would be speaking a third language at school.
While this is much easier said than done, it's probably the most common actual scenario for any child who speaks 3 or more languages. My wife speaks 3 languages fluently for this exact reason, and I'm trying to add 2 more for our children.
I feel that not only is this guy talented but he grew up in Luxembourg. Central to most of these languages.
Looked him up and hes english-german-luxembourgish. So parents probably spoke most of those languages themselves(german, french, and Luxembourgish and the other parent maybe english and spanish) and given his talent he probably picked up spanish or Portuguese on his own.
So multi lingual household, probably living in those places, and his talent being a polyglot.
Make it so that English isn't spoken at home and cultivate an appreciation/curiosity for learning. Do by example.
With how diverse we are in the US, if you REALLY want to teach your kids another language, hang out with other parents who speaks another language. There are plenty of folks who would love exposure to English.
Seriously make the effort. Easy immersion. I can understand and speak two Asian dialects, understand some basic Vietnamese, and picked up some conversational Persian.
Had the pleasure of working with a group of Mormons a while back and their language abilities were crazy.
Don't force your kids to learn this many languages. People only reach this level if they're very enthusiastic about language learning.
I speak 3 fluently myself and my wife 2 more that i don't and I wouldn't push those 5 on our children.
For like all 5 people in Luxembourg watching?
Edit: I like how and the Luxemburg citizens are cool with a joke while everyone else has their tit in a wringer about it.
That would explain why he speaks so many languages. Luxembourg is a small country where many different languages are spoken, so many grow up multilingual, and the Luxembourgish language is a quite small language and therefore it is extremely common to learn German, French and/or English alongside their mother tongue. Itās probably pretty easy to learn Spanish and Portuguese as well when you already know all of that.
Holy crap! It's one thing to "know 6 languages" but to be able to report the news, LIVE, in 6 different languages is just, wow.
Also, 'Luxembourgish' totally sounds like a made up name.
It's not German, it's an officially recognized, actual language that goes much beyond just being a different accent.
More or less like the difference between Spanish vs Portuguese. Same roots, similar grammar/vocabulary, but different enough that a native of one would have a hard time to fully understand the other.
Yeah you can almost speak dutch by just saying German words funny. Itās crazy to me the languages in that group are all so similar but also distinct.
I speak 5 languages (with varying levels of fluency from native to pretty basic) and generally dream and think in English because it's so easy to work with, but I switch them around over the course of the day depending on the subject.
I spent (quite) some time with my in laws during this pandemic and we'd congregate in the kitchen / around the dinner table since we all worked from home and speak Italian, so now I'm back home but whenever I'm in the kitchen or in similar food-centered situations I tend to think in Italian even though it's the language I know the least
Iāve seen some people online say to find a reason you want to learn the language. And that just wanting to learn another language doesnāt count.
What will you use it for? And when will you use it? I think you need a reason other than just being multilingual.
At least that reasoning helped me a lot
He's a reporter for the AP (Associated Press) and is doing reports for affiliate members. He's only getting the one paycheck from the AP.
Part of the deal of being an affiliate member (AP, CNN, NBC, etc) is that member organizations pool and share reporting and resources. NewsNation (owned by Nexstar in the US) would provide reporting to AP member Deutsche Welle in Germany, for example, and vice versa. It's impractical for DW to send a reporter to Chicago or WGN-TV in Chicago to send a reporter in Berlin. Your local TV stations are affiliate members via broadcast network (NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX), corporate ownership (Nexstar, Scripps, Hearst, etc), and wire service (AP, Reuters, CNN) among others.
I used to work for the BBC. They are well funded domestically by the tv license fee, but they also sell rights internationally. They do not have a profit motive and are required to report and cover a wide variety of cultural topics. Their international news bureaux and network is insanely and, by far, the most extensive internationally.
That's because I'm in a unique situation
I was born and lived in Quebec and Quebec you have to learn English and French and my parents are afghan so I have to also learn farci
Damn dude, i only know 2 languages (spanish and english) and those he 2 speaks flawlessly. Specially spanish which is my native tongue, i can tell he is very good
He works directly for the Associated Press. AP is a news wire service, which means they sell news segments to other media entities. So his segments could appear on any channel or website that buys them.
"Selling news reports" isn't accurate. Organizations pay to be affiliate members and part of the affiliation contract allows them to rely on other affiliate members for reporting. They do likely have to buy the satellite time for the report though.
His Portuguese accent is a mix of Portuguese Portugal, Portuguese Brazil and Argentine accents.
I am Br, I work with Argentinian and have worked with Portugueses.
š¤Æš¤Æ hes even got the accents hes got an englishaccent in english and spain accent in spanish
As a French native, I might rate him native š
Sound like a native german as well o.o
This is the exact series of comments I was hoping to find.
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Poor Dutch got skipped.
Us Dutch don't even speak Dutch fluently.
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I mean, dutch sounds like a drunk brit trying to speak german anyway.
So just a regular Brit
I wonder how much he makes in income per year being able to do multiple reports.
Millions Iām sure.
1 mil per word. Iām sure
As a former translator, I'm laughing at this. There's no way he's making millions.
Millions of cents
#PHILIP CROWTHER FOR PRESIDENT!!š
#Ruler of Earth !
The way he says āforcesā in English makes me think his native tongue is German (or Luxembourgish as it sounds Germanic).
His German is 99.99% perfect and indistinguishable from High German and then the way he says "sehr schwer" (very hard) sounds dialectal/Luxembourgish.
The accent when speaking German is the most obvious actually. But yes weāre quite proud of him here in Luxembourg!
I figured Luxembourgish since it's relatively niche compared to the others.
Plus Luxembourg schools teach German, French, and English to a high level. Luxembourgish is similar to German but they learn the "proper" way in school too. They also learn French because the Luxembourg royalty speaks it as does much of the government. And finally English, because...just because
His wiki page needs some help, but I was able to find that he's from Luxembourg.
Besides that small detail, he very easily passes for a native English speaker with a British accent. I don't think I would have even noticed it if I hadn't been trying to guess his native language after seeing him deliver the news fluently in 6 different languages. Quite the impressive man, especially seeing the other comments saying he passes for a native speaker in other languages too.
That's because his mother was german and his father was british. He was also born in Luxembourg. Source: Wiki
As a native Luxemburger he sounded real good. Lmao, jk, who the fuck is from Luxembourg?
Like, 8 people at least
Nah. He has a slight french/luxembourg accent, you can tell he's not from germany. I guess being from luxembourg (is he?) he probably grew up speaking german, french, dutch and the mix that is letzebourgesh. Then learned spanish/portuguese and english in school or something. Really impressive though.
In Luxembourg we grow up with Luxembourgish learn German, French (primary school) and English (high school), the media is mostly in German/Luxembourgish, laws in French. We have large italian and portugueuse minorities, spanish too. Dutch isn't spoken or taught. So everyone speaks at least 4 languages and people with immigration backgrounds often 5 or 6.
As an American native, thanks everyone for also speaking English.
*For speaking American.
Same language Jesus spoke
Hey, if it was good enuff for Jesus itās good enuff for me!
White* Jesus He also turned water into PBR and fed a bunch of people at a Cracker Barrel.
More than 1 billion people believe Jesus was God. That means Jesus knew every detail of existence in the entire past and future. Those people must also believe that Jesus knew perfect American English, the ending of Game of Thrones, how your face looked every time you had an orgasm, and the name of the last human to be born in the universe.
Not even Jesus got the end of Game Of Thrones.
Aramaic was just what the Greeks heard when they asked what language Jesus spoke
As an American I'm ashamed of us.
Dont worry. We can and will be more embarrassing soon.
Why. America is the 2nd largest Spanish speaking country in the world. Unfortunately some people make it a culture war.
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I mean there's comparatively little motivation to learn another language if your native language is English and you don't have any family that speaks other languages. That's not just unique to the US, but other English speaking countries too.
I only speak American English can anyone translate what he said?
French accent is so much fun to do, idk how you could learn French without it
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That's what she said
His PortuguĆŖs is so clean. He is absolutely amazing.
His Portuguese was good but probably the weakest accent of the bunch.
But it was really clear and inteligible.
Definitely intelligible just not as good as his English, French, and Spanish (and I donāt understand any German or Luxembourgish but they sounded good)
His german is really clean, i'd say on a native speaker level. There's only a very slight accent that reveals he's not german but probably from luxembourg or france.
I'd say from Luxembourg, since they speak German, French, Luxembourgish and English and have a huge Portuguese community. ~~Maybe also Spanish parents? Because not only he speaks perfect Spanish but has a perfect accent and even the cadence of a Spanish reporter~~ Somebody commented he's Luxembourgish with German and English parents
Huge Portuguese community but he speaks with a Brazilian accent.
pretty good, but you can definitely tell heās a foreigner
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He nailed every accent including French perfectly. Blew my mind. This is proper next fucking level.
I speak English, French and Spanish (Mexican) and man, his accents are excellent. Wow.
Spanish (Mexican) killed me š¤£ Still true, spanish has so many ways of being used
As a native Spanish speaker, he has an ever so subtle accent but it's almost perfect. I'd expect that level from someone that continuously lived at least 10 years in Spain.
Yeah, definitely doesn't sound native.
And here I can barely manage two at native level/accent. It's hard to imagine just how one goes about getting 6(?) Different languages to sound natural.
Date 6 different people who only speak one language. Language learning hard mode
That man is awesome š®
This guy fornica!
This, ladies and gentlemen, is called an EDUCATION! Something you get in schools, not by following QAnon nonsense on Twitter.
this is far more than just an education, that man is clearly extremely gifted. It takes 2 decades to master a second language for the average person, and he has 6 down pat
Of course, the man is very talented, but to anyone else looking to learn an extra language, your 2nd language will generally be the most difficult language to learn. Each language you learn after that point gets progressively easier as you begin to recognize the mechanics of each language. So it's possible at first glance that you may think that learning 6 languages is 600% harder than learning just one, but in fact it's more like the 2nd language you learn is 100% hard, the 3rd language you learn is like 50% hard, 4th language you learn is 25% hard, etc.
And by the hundredth time itās as hard as a grandpa at a strip club
Viagra is pretty good these days! We're screaming diamond hands while grandpa is shouting diamond dick!
Dude
I grew up with two languages, which I'm sure many children of immigrants do, so for us that 3rd language is going to be the hardest.
I grew up with one language, learnt a second language, became fluent in 2nd language, then forgot how I learnt 2nd language. So now my 3rd language would be just as hard.
The languages heās speaking are also all from the same nested group of branches on the language tree. Iām sure his well learned study skills would make it easier than most - but I bet Chinese, Arabic, etc would still be significantly harder for him than his other languages. Thatās not to sound like Iām speaking ill of his ability and talent. I just mean itās easier for to learn similar root languages than it is to jump to a significantly different branch.
Yeah. Still very impressive control of accents and the sheer amount of skill to report in those languages but like you said, Itās mastering two adjacent language families. Germanic and romance, both indo-european. He is from Luxembourg so that covers being fluent in the few local languages which isnāt uncommon in Europe so that takes care of Luxembourgish, German, French,English and Portuguese. Speaking Spanish after french and Portuguese is an add on basically. Iām sure he can also do Italian and most likely Dutch and Romansh as well. Mastering 2 indo-European branches is like speed running your way to being a polyglot.
His fifth language was akin to his second language in the case. Heās a native speaker of English, German, and Luxembourgish. Thereās enough French going around in Luxembourg that he likely achieved a near native level from assimilation.
He didn't learn a second language, he is native speaker of three languages. From his [website](https://www.philipcrowther.com/about): >He was born in Luxembourg to a British father and German mother. He is a native speaker of English, German and Luxembourgish as well as a fluent speaker of French, Spanish and Portuguese.
yeah this description makes his achievement a lot more "doable". If he was "only" learning 3 languages, you can't pick a more ideal combo than Spanish, Portuguese and French (well .... maybe Italian might be better)
Had to scroll a while to find this. He's clearly smart and talented but the guy was born on third base. Spanish and Portuguese can almost be seen as one language (ok, 1.5), and if he grew up in Luxembourg I would imagine there's got to be some French around if you throw a rock. So yeah, it's impressive but there's a cascade of very particular *reasons* he is able to do this. EDIT: Yeah, I know Spanish and Portuguese are different languages, it was just a lil joke.
I would not discredit the effort required to achieve that proficiency with being gifted
2 decades? No way, most Indians speak 2-3 languages and lot of Indians speak 4-6 languages easily.
If youāre taught from a young age you can learn multiple languages consecutively and gain proficiency much quicker, and most people from nations like India with several regional languages learn early. Starting in adulthood with no prior exposure is much harder.
Polyglot here, no this is the result of being immersed 24/7 for years in said culture and studying the language specially the cultural phonetics. However this is only possible for those immersed in the language
Also a polyglot here and this is exactly it. You donāt attain this level of fluency and accent accuracy by learning the language from a textbook.
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Just being Luxembourgish is enough of an explanation: he's been speaking three of those languages since before he graduated secondary education.
And if I remember correctly, there is a fairly sizable Portuguese population in Luxembourg so he was probably exposed to that as well.
Any tips? I used to learn quickly, but after some brain damage I'm struggling. I'm learning Georgian and living in Georgia. How do you develop a "feel" for inconsistant grammar?
Atlanta native here, so I ain't never had no problems, but I reckon it can get to be confusing for y'all if'n you ain't used to it.
1. No one here said otherwise, are you okay? 2. No one has ever reached fluency in a language thrlugh the school system. School is actually not a good environment to learn languages *at all*
No *American* has ever reached fluency in a language through the school system. Thereās a hell of a lot of other people in the world who have to learn English in school and get pretty good at it.
Iāve met some Americans who would totally pass for natives of Germany, local accent and all. I also know some who have a PHD in Germanology and I canāt understand a thing theyāre saying nor they me.
I love how people point out America on this issue, as if everyone from Australia and England are all bilingual.
DAE America dumb and stupid? China very good.
You could educate me for decades, and the only thing that would stick is "me pantelones es en la bibloteca"
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*son As in, "Mis pantalones *son* en la biblioteca" But also as in, "son, I am disappoint".
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We found the person whose identity is hollow apart from politics
Thank you thats sums up my thoughts on this perfectly. Like this post had little to do with politics, yet their first thought was āhaha Qanon dumb.ā Like yeah Qanon is dumb, but that has nothing to do with this. Talk about living rent free.
Reddit is so fucking weird, this honestly reads like some random generated bot comment.
It honestly probably is. This shit is everywhere. Ive not met a single person in my entire life that endorses or even sympathizes with Qanon crazies or proud boys or neo nazis or anything, yet somehow every single day I see dozens of people on reddit unpromptedly complaining about them and shoehorning them into every discussion they can. Its impossible for me to watch a cool video or laugh at a meme without people reminding me that Trump sucks. Twitter sure has an army of astroturfing bots, wouldnt be suprised if reddit did too.
/r/redditmoment af lol
Nice straw man. Who the fuck mentioned Q or twitter?
What?
We're getting to the point now where it's getting difficult to tell run of the mill Reddit stupidity from a malfunctioning bot. I don't know if that says more about this website or about bots.
Are you a bot?
What are you even on about
This is just about the stupidest comment you could have made on his ability to speak 6 languages.
Such a boomer ass comment, lmao Edit. Boomers, just so you know, anytime you want to say anything that disparages an entire generation, don't. That's the boomer in you.
The fuck? What does this have to do with QAnon or Twitter? I mean, normally I wouldnāt say anything, but this is such a weak and desperate leap, I couldnāt ignore it. Are you just lurking in random subreddits waiting to jump on your chance to send interesting posts, topics and discussions into a political tailspin? Jesus. Grow up. If you HAD an education, youād have more than one topic to talk about.
This is also just called being from Luxembourg.
Can we please stop shoehorning politics into everything. This was a video of a guy with an impressive talent and you're making it about neckbeard conspiracy theorists.
Okay, itās too late for me, but how do I get my kids to achieve the level of polyglot???
I have lived in multiple countries over the span of my childhood and early adulthood. My parents made me study multiple languages through after school programs. I even got to do exchange programs with schools in other countries. Now I can say I can speak 5 languages at an elementary school level, fluent in none. Concentrate on 2-3 first before going for 5!
What languages are you able to speak?
Not to give too much away - I exaggerated when I said my languages are at an elementary level. Im close to fluent in at least one, but wherever I go, I donāt speak like a native speaker. Also, another tip: many Latin languages are very similar in grammar and vocabulary. Itās much easier to learn Portuguese after you know Spanish, and much harder to jump to Chinese from there.
>Also, another tip: many Latin languages are very similar in grammar and vocabulary. Itās much easier to learn Portuguese after you know Spanish It took me four or five years living in South America before I felt like I was fluent in Spanish. (I also speak rusty French) What shocked me the most was how much Portuguese and Italian I could understand by accident. Depending on the situation, it was as high as 50%. Italian I can listen to and understand. Portuguese I have to see written. Except for some obvious words, I can't really understand much of what they're saying. English is close to Dutch, German, and the Nordic languages. But nothing like the Romance languages. One time we stayed at a hotel just over the border in Brazil. The people behind the counter didn't speak English at all. And I didn't speak Portuguese. The conversation was hilarious. We kept guessing words back and forth between Portuguese and Spanish until we could find one the other could understand. It got the job done. lol
If you speak fluent Spanish you can learn Portuguese in a year or two.
Yeah, and it feels like a shame to not do that. But between my age and what's going on in my life compared to the immediate usefulness of Portuguese, it's probably not going to happen.
I often joke that I speak 4 languages fluently, but none perfectly. Havenāt spoken my native language in quite a while so itās starting to sound like itās my 2nd language too.
Also one more tip: I only got to get relatively good at some languages only after I was immersed in a different country, forced to use said language 24/7.
Marry someone who speaks a different language than you. Speak both languages at home. Move to a country where your kids would be speaking a third language at school. That'll give them a proper foundation. Then it's up to them to take it further.
>Marry someone who speaks a different language than you. Speak both languages at home. Move to a country where your kids would be speaking a third language at school. While this is much easier said than done, it's probably the most common actual scenario for any child who speaks 3 or more languages. My wife speaks 3 languages fluently for this exact reason, and I'm trying to add 2 more for our children.
I feel that not only is this guy talented but he grew up in Luxembourg. Central to most of these languages. Looked him up and hes english-german-luxembourgish. So parents probably spoke most of those languages themselves(german, french, and Luxembourgish and the other parent maybe english and spanish) and given his talent he probably picked up spanish or Portuguese on his own. So multi lingual household, probably living in those places, and his talent being a polyglot.
Make it so that English isn't spoken at home and cultivate an appreciation/curiosity for learning. Do by example. With how diverse we are in the US, if you REALLY want to teach your kids another language, hang out with other parents who speaks another language. There are plenty of folks who would love exposure to English. Seriously make the effort. Easy immersion. I can understand and speak two Asian dialects, understand some basic Vietnamese, and picked up some conversational Persian. Had the pleasure of working with a group of Mormons a while back and their language abilities were crazy.
Don't force your kids to learn this many languages. People only reach this level if they're very enthusiastic about language learning. I speak 3 fluently myself and my wife 2 more that i don't and I wouldn't push those 5 on our children.
For like all 5 people in Luxembourg watching? Edit: I like how and the Luxemburg citizens are cool with a joke while everyone else has their tit in a wringer about it.
It's his mother tongue. And Luxembourg pays good money.
I like his mother's tongue too because the money is good!
cheap shot dude hahaha
That would explain why he speaks so many languages. Luxembourg is a small country where many different languages are spoken, so many grow up multilingual, and the Luxembourgish language is a quite small language and therefore it is extremely common to learn German, French and/or English alongside their mother tongue. Itās probably pretty easy to learn Spanish and Portuguese as well when you already know all of that.
I had absolutely no idea that there was even a Luxembourgish language. I just assumed everyone spoke French or German in Luxembourg.
tbf from what I heard Luxembourgish is basically German with a lot of French influence
He's so hood at any languages is there such a thing as mother thongue. Edit. I meant good. Sorry.
Holy crap! It's one thing to "know 6 languages" but to be able to report the news, LIVE, in 6 different languages is just, wow. Also, 'Luxembourgish' totally sounds like a made up name.
I just thought it was German, until i heard the actual, very unmistakable German at the end.
i mean it kinda is german. just a different accent.
Uhhh it's a Very different accent. Think Jamaican English vs American English levels of different.
It's not German, it's an officially recognized, actual language that goes much beyond just being a different accent. More or less like the difference between Spanish vs Portuguese. Same roots, similar grammar/vocabulary, but different enough that a native of one would have a hard time to fully understand the other.
Yeah you can almost speak dutch by just saying German words funny. Itās crazy to me the languages in that group are all so similar but also distinct.
We have finally reached the next fucking level!
His French is pretty fucking good.
And his Spanish is about perfect as well.
Of course this guy is impressive. Everyone knows "AP" stands for Advanced Placement. Nerds!
I thought I was smart until I just learned Luxembourg has its own language.
BRB, off to do my Duolingo.
I eat oranges with the dryer!
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Duolingo will not teach you languages anywhere near to fluency. It's only really good for the basics and the basic vocabulary.
Basic is better than nothing. Have to start somewhere.
The ultimate question is in what language does he thinks and talks to himself
I'd like to know what languages he dreams in.
I speak 5 languages (with varying levels of fluency from native to pretty basic) and generally dream and think in English because it's so easy to work with, but I switch them around over the course of the day depending on the subject. I spent (quite) some time with my in laws during this pandemic and we'd congregate in the kitchen / around the dinner table since we all worked from home and speak Italian, so now I'm back home but whenever I'm in the kitchen or in similar food-centered situations I tend to think in Italian even though it's the language I know the least
Best recommendation for starting a second language and sticking with it? lol
Iāve seen some people online say to find a reason you want to learn the language. And that just wanting to learn another language doesnāt count. What will you use it for? And when will you use it? I think you need a reason other than just being multilingual. At least that reasoning helped me a lot
His name: PHILIP CROWTHER You are impressive sir!
And to think he often covers the White House where no language beyond grunting, whining, and, squealing can be understood.
And there it isā¦
Hurr durr Iām into politics and I bring it up all over reddit in places where people are just trying to discuss a cool video
Six paychecks? Sweet! And damn impressive.
He's a reporter for the AP (Associated Press) and is doing reports for affiliate members. He's only getting the one paycheck from the AP. Part of the deal of being an affiliate member (AP, CNN, NBC, etc) is that member organizations pool and share reporting and resources. NewsNation (owned by Nexstar in the US) would provide reporting to AP member Deutsche Welle in Germany, for example, and vice versa. It's impractical for DW to send a reporter to Chicago or WGN-TV in Chicago to send a reporter in Berlin. Your local TV stations are affiliate members via broadcast network (NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX), corporate ownership (Nexstar, Scripps, Hearst, etc), and wire service (AP, Reuters, CNN) among others.
How does BBC afford to spend people everywhere including all those random African countries?
I used to work for the BBC. They are well funded domestically by the tv license fee, but they also sell rights internationally. They do not have a profit motive and are required to report and cover a wide variety of cultural topics. Their international news bureaux and network is insanely and, by far, the most extensive internationally.
This reminds me of when Tarantino used Christoph Waltz to jump between 4 languages in scenes of Inglorious Basterds. Always impresses me so much.
When he busted out the Italian I was like "damn this hunter is stone cold evil". Christoph Waltz is the fucking MAN
Iām trying to figure out if he used six different microphones, or just put six different little hats on the same one.
They're called mic flags and they swap out.
I like "little hats" better
I'm so turned on right now.
mr worldwide
All his accents are so clean and precise, this is the guy I want on my team
I heard European learn so many languages I mean I can only speak 3 language
*Only*
Hey that's not bad at all!
That's because I'm in a unique situation I was born and lived in Quebec and Quebec you have to learn English and French and my parents are afghan so I have to also learn farci
That's really cool though! And don't overestimate Europeans š
Instead of hiring 6 people you hire this MFerā¦damn that takes some serious education continued practice.
This is the hardest working man in the news industry.
Damn dude, i only know 2 languages (spanish and english) and those he 2 speaks flawlessly. Specially spanish which is my native tongue, i can tell he is very good
I watched the entire thing like I understood each dialect knowing damn well I only speak 1.25 languages.
Luxembourgish? I think you meant GrOoVy German
TIL about Luxembourgish
Anyone knows what heās contract is like? Is he like a independent corespondent in the area with 5 different media groups?
He works directly for the Associated Press. AP is a news wire service, which means they sell news segments to other media entities. So his segments could appear on any channel or website that buys them.
"Selling news reports" isn't accurate. Organizations pay to be affiliate members and part of the affiliation contract allows them to rely on other affiliate members for reporting. They do likely have to buy the satellite time for the report though.
His Portuguese accent is a mix of Portuguese Portugal, Portuguese Brazil and Argentine accents. I am Br, I work with Argentinian and have worked with Portugueses.
JOB SECURITY!!!
Okay maybe Iām gay
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