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| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It is odd, yes. "Math prodigy" is a common phrase, and also "musical prodigy," but I have never even seen "language prodigy" (for example) written out before, much less read about one in the news. |
Actually there's a kid in the UK that can basically learn any language. Apparently he has this crazy gift for not just remembering the words, but exact phonetic pronunciation, with the ability to recite it.
Age 10, 11 languages....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...11-tongues.html
Actually my brother in law is borderline language genius - he speaks and writes 7 languages fluently (And I mean perfectly native including German, Swiss German, Italian, French, English, Spanish, Portugese and Creole) ,4 self taught and is conversational level in about 5 more (including some fucking tough ones like Romanian, Dzongkha (Bhutan), and Arabic).
It's truly fucking freaky. If you go to a foreign country with him with for anything than more than a week, he picks up the language.
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