Here's a new awesome video from Richard filmed during his recent trip to Montreal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qk8GH9RjBg&feat...

Thanks a lot for the link JayB. I really enjoyed the video - like always.

@Robert

You're welcome ;-)

(BTW I think it would be great if you could post a conversation with Richard some time.)

Richard's Spanish is just surreal..

@Chris

Yeah, and his French and Portuguese aren't bad either!

(His Italian is a tiny notch lower - just to show that he is human!)

A delight to listen to.

BTW Steve, has the Canadian TV show about polyglots that you were involved with been broadcast yet?

If so, can it be viewed online?

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They're talking a bit about languages, and the other fellow talks about his work as a professor and life in Canada, his family's heritage, etc.

Why don't we get people speaking multiple slavic or Indian or African languages? Actually we see quite a bit of multiple Germanic language videos. Steve and Luca spoke in English, German, and Swedish. Fasulye and Richard have a video with several Germanic languages, I believe. People learn romance languages because there are many native speakers of these countries (and for the natives of these countries, it is easy to learn the others).

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Watch: "16x9 The Bigger Picture - Word play"
cit.: Imagine being able to master more than 10, 15, even 20 languages. It seems rare but these super language learners do exist. They’re called hyperpolyglots and 16x9 searched the country to bring together the most proficient linguists.

http://tinyurl.com/6qj3uf3

I watched the Canadian show earlier today. It seemed like the reporter was easily amazed (lol) and that "Babel No More" inspired the segment. I was glad that the five (including Steve) gathered polyglots were asked about whether they were left-handed, musical, etc. Four of the five thought they were musical. Steve was the holdout. Only one was left-handed. Steve pointed (perhaps jokingly) out that all of them were men and the others agreed that indeed they were, but I don't remember if they raised their hands to confirm this.

Why is this important? Well, Michael Erard said that most of the hyperpolyglots he'd encountered were male.

A neurolinguist opined, a recovering hyperpolyglot gave his story, and Richard Simcott and Tim Doner were featured separately. Did he really say he was a "recovering hyperpolyglot"? Richard and Tim admitted that they were addicted to languages.

What's it like being a hyperpolyglot? Richard described the excitement of being on the street and hearing different languages.

One question was excellent. Are different languages located in different parts of the brain?

Thanks to JayB for sharing this!