| 单词 | polyglot |
| 例句 | It is a strange new kind of army, a polyglot mass of vastly dissimilar men, fighting for union. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With his passing, he evaded the overwhelming consequence of his success: the challenge of consolidating a polyglot empire unprecedented in size and comprising peoples who, by and large, despised each other. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The Americas had two empires, those of the Aztecs and Incas, which resembled their Eurasian counterparts in size, population, polyglot makeup, official religions, and origins in the conquest of smaller states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, someone substituted the Latin ending pi for the Greek podes and came up with the polyglot octopi. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain swore polyglot—very polyglot—polyglot with bloom and blood; but he could do nothing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The city’s distinctive accent is sometimes attributed to its polyglot history of French Huguenots, English Royalists and Spanish Jews. I hosted a plantation retreat. Is it too late to say I’m sorry? 2014-01-20T15:30:00Z In Brussels, a polyglot city at the geographic and cultural crossroads of Europe, you get it all. Brussels: The Chocolate Trail 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z That side-by-side recitation was also a reminder of Cavafy the polyglot: He was partly raised in Britain as a child, and he reportedly spoke Greek with an English accent. Reanimating Cavafy, a Poet of ‘Future Generations’ Whose Time Is Now 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z When I visited on a Friday, the day of rest in the Muslim world, it was packed with families, students and polyglot workers on their day off. What’s New in Doha? Basically Everything 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Around the seminar table in Brooklyn, the graduate students—a chic, polyglot group from the U.S., How to Restore Your Faith in Democracy 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time you’ve directed a polyglot, international cast. Carpetbagger Blog: Zhang Yimou and the Challenges of Filming in China 2011-12-21T16:44:15Z Within the packed farmhouse-chic dining room, a din of polyglot chatter — French, English, Arabic, Italian, Russian — resounded from tables strewn with blinking BlackBerrys. The French Alps Sans Skis 2011-02-25T21:55:11Z At its cellular level “Arrival City” is a first-rate taxonomy of a polyglot, under-examined slice of humanity. Books of The Times: Want a New Life? Wait Here 2011-03-17T14:45:49Z It's a kind of polyglot internationalism presented under the New American umbrella, with the techniques and raw materials of non-Western cuisines used to wake up the staid, predictable flavors of familiar Americana. The case for queso: US-based cheesemakers prepare for a Mexican cheese boom 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Washington’s subtle, dynamic and flexible short stories crack open a vibrant, polyglot side of Houston about which few outsiders are aware. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Awards on Wednesday night caused such a stir was perhaps preordained — even in this most sonically polyglot of country moments, there remains deep, deep resistance to change. The Playlist: The Gospel According to Alicia Keys 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z And by refusing to privilege one historical style over another, he strengthens his claim as a polyglot. New Music: CDs From K. Michelle and Leo Genovese 2013-08-12T21:08:44Z But Ford flaunts this polyglot style more aggressively, more seamlessly and more entertainingly than others. Music Review: Belly up to the bar with Colt Ford 2012-08-06T15:23:12Z Except for one violent altercation, everyday New Yorkers are portrayed as relatively cheerful, good-natured people who pour down the streets in a joyous polyglot stream. ‘Chinese Puzzle,’ a Comedy Directed by Cedric Klapisch 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z A prominent yet mysterious polymath, he is best known for his Photo Realist mirror paintings and for helping to lay the cornerstones of Arte Povera, the polyglot Italian precursor to Post Minimalism. Art Review: Reflections on the Self and the Wider World 2010-12-16T23:33:38Z She mentioned other influences in this “polyglot nation,” not least its landscape: “its exciting strange contrasts of barrenness and fertility — its great sweep of distances — its monstrous architecture — and the divine machinery of invention.” Review: In Megan Pugh’s ‘America Dancing,’ a Focus on Where the Moves Came From 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Thus, “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine” divides the work of an experimental polyglot, “chronologically and formally,” into four parts: paintings and drawings; works made with words; the “Dreamachine,” his magnum opus; and late collages and photomontages. Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective 2010-07-29T21:21:00Z Musically, the score is polyglot, borrowing confidently from folk, bluegrass and rockabilly traditions, with occasional gestures toward soul and Broadway balladry. ‘The Outsiders’ Review: Growing Pains Both Brutal and Poetic 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The war chapters and their aftermath, in a simmering, polyglot city, seem to me the peak of Scibona’s accomplishment. Review | Salvatore Scibona’s second novel trots the globe yet misses nothing 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Jason also meets the polyglot acting sensation that is Édgar Ramírez, who plays the infamous international terrorist 'The Jackal' in Olivier Assayas' epic biographical film Carlos. Film Weekly asks Mark Ruffalo if The Kids Are All Right 2010-10-27T18:56:00Z They were creatures of a polyglot empire, and nationalism wasn’t their style. Meet the Levy Family. Their History Is Our History. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Of the 11 or 12 synagogues that served this vibrant polyglot community, no trace remains. Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Stepping out of the Dublin airport, the polyglot crowd of Germans, Americans, Poles, Spaniards and French waiting for rental cars on this early May morning seems confirmation that left-side driving should be a cakewalk. On Ireland’s southwest coast, history-rich Kenmare is the gateway to County Kerry 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Demetri Martin is just your average polyglot — highly conversant in doodling, a best-selling author, an actor on screens big and small. Demetri Martin: Comedy’s Renaissance man 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z So the layered, textured, polyglot funk of the LP was layered and textured afresh. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z But Armenian was hardly the only language of the polyglot Ottoman Empire, where Greek, Turkish, Arabic and German were routinely spoken. 'The Hundred-Year Walk': Dawn Anahid MacKeen retraces her Armenian grandfather's escape from genocide 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Electronic music, rock and other traditions from around the world collide in the music of Secret Chiefs 3, who begin a residency on Tuesday with a polyglot list of guest performers. Classical & Opera Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But in the modern world it is English monoglots in particular who work in their own language, joined by non-native polyglots working in English too. Of two minds 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1828, when this novel commences, Cincinnati is a bustling crossroads with a teeming, polyglot populace and tobacco, indigo and runaway slaves flowing up from the South. History Lives in Fiction: From Jennie Churchill’s Britain to Jacksonian Cincinnati 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The crew at Mario’s restaurant spoke in this fantastic polyglot language incorporating Portuguese fishing dialect, Elizabethan poetry and Marine Corp profanities. Anthony Bourdain: ‘I put aside my psychotic rage, after many years being awful to cooks’ 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z With dozens of member states and affiliates, the group reflects a polyglot reality in which French is today concentrated outside France, and to a large extent, flourishes despite it. Abroad: In Age of Globalism, Pardon My French 2010-04-21T22:03:00Z Yet while disco’s polyglot spirit has been continuously percolating in New York clubs, live dance music remained a rarity. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z As the faiths spread, translations of sacred texts were needed; complex “polyglot” editions developed in which translations might appear in columns beside the original text or interwoven between its lines. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z Handling ceremonial pomp, rusticity and exotic allure in swift succession, Austin McCormick, the stage director and choreographer, responded with a suitably polyglot stylistic mix and an aggressive sensuality. Music Review: ‘Orientale’ From Gotham Chamber Orchestra at Poisson Rouge 2012-10-04T20:56:29Z But, in ten years’ time, it may feel a little less European—less cosmopolitan, less polyglot. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Noah is a proud polyglot, shifting from one language to another effortlessly in his act. Trevor Noah, Next ‘Daily Show’ Host,’ Aggressively Sunny in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s an edible history lesson, a Micronesian version of the American polyglot ideal. Guam Is Suddenly in the News. But What Is It Like to Travel There? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Located across the street from Central European University, the bright, industrial space fills daily with the polyglot voices of visiting lecturers and local intellectuals. Choice Tables: Tasting ‘Modern Hungarian’ in Budapest 2013-05-10T18:11:57Z It’s easy for me to remember seeking her calm, considerate, unselfish advice, and wishing I could see our polyglot continent, with its lakes, its villages and its striving hipsters, as generously as she always did. Poet C.D. Wright was 'one of the great ones' 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z And, although Flushing is tonier and more developed than it was in Kang’s time, it remains the dense, polyglot domain of new, poor, and working-class Asian immigrants trying to find their place. The Search for a Missing Brother on the Casino-Bus Circuit in Queens 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The text is simple, but the names of the multicultural businesses jumbled together testify to a polyglot environment that must resonate with Kelner, the child of Russian expatriates. Review | In the galleries: A century apart, Khalil Gibran and contemporary artists explore questions of home and displacement at MEI Art Gallery 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It is by definition polyglot and in flux, buffeted by the movement of art objects, goods and people across borders and among cultures, and also by individual passion. Homage to Mexico: Josef Albers and His Reality-Based Abstraction 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Their polyglot charisma, rather than detracting from the realism of this drama set in mid-19th-century Sicily, somehow deepens its historical resonance. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z It's still a polyglot of well-researched biographical details, symbolist reenactments and unbridled kinetic imagination. 'Stoneface' grows in scope, gains punch at Pasadena Playhouse 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth’s inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains. Blade Runner at 30: Celebrating Ridley Scott's Dystopian Vision 2012-06-25T14:31:59Z The Nazi East is a brutally well-ordered, high-tech Aryan wonderland; the Pacific is more traditionalist and polyglot. Review: ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Imagines America Ruled by 2 Foreign Powers 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He helped set the blueprint for contemporary polyglot hip-hop taste, taking cues from the traditions of New York, Los Angeles, the Midwest and the South. ASAP Yams, of ASAP Worldwide, Bridged Hip-Hop Regions and Generations 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Twenty years earlier, The Waste Land's polyglot collage had been urban and international and obviously frightened by the shadow of its own louche cosmopolitanism. Adam Foulds salutes Romantic Moderns, winner of the Guardian first book award 2010-12-02T14:09:00Z Of course, from its earliest days, Southern barbecue has been a polyglot cuisine. Immigrants bring new touches to American barbecue. Just like they always have. 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Growing up in a German-speaking household in a polyglot community, he used drawings to communicate with his Italian- and Chinese- and English-speaking neighbors. John Schoenherr, Children?s Book Illustrator, Dies at 74 2010-04-15T02:42:00Z Perhaps the strongest link to the McQueen heritage is the sense of history that permeates the work of designers who show in London, even if their own polyglot backgrounds lie far away. Special Report: Draped to Be Shaped 2010-02-21T18:30:00Z They learn the polyglot version in a day or two and proceed to the ultimate level, “Let It Go in 41 Languages,” which includes Icelandic, Vietnamese, Turkish, Croatian, Estonian, Hebrew, Lithuanian, and Canadian French. Translating 'Frozen' Into Arabic 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z We’re not all polyglots yet, but the Latin Alternative Music Conference keeps on pushing. A Week When Parks Go Pan-American 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z This makes “In Jackson Heights” — about a polyglot, lower-middle-class section of Queens — an anomaly in the Wiseman canon. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z He saw himself as “the Harvard and Oxford classics scholar, the polyglot, polymath culture maven, a journalist and man of letters.” Books of The Times: ‘Steal the Menu,’ by Raymond Sokolov 2013-05-09T21:24:23Z Instead we hear this music as one of several expressive approaches from a stylistically polyglot century. Music Review: Traditional Works Made in an Avant-Garde Time 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z Suffice it to say that in this one polyglot city across one hungry week, I ate the whole wide world. In Hong Kong, a World of Menus 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z And Coffin, who co-directed both "Despicable Me" films, also excels at voicing the amusing polyglot nonsense language that is the essential lingua franca of Miniondom. 'Minions' has irresistible, wonky golden touch 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The child of Ghanaian parents herself, Mensah traverses the polyglot turf well, infusing details with astute affection and understated laughs. ‘Queen of Glory’ Review: Back to the Bronx 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Though the ingredients are almost all local, the food reflects Israel’s polyglot culture, with influences from across the Jewish diaspora. Tel Aviv Restaurant With Local Ingredients, Global Influences 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Befitting a city that is home to a sophisticated international crowd, its kitchens are taking an increasingly polyglot approach. Choice Tables: Sorry to Disappoint, but I Ate Well in Berlin 2012-01-27T17:43:35Z Four other terms that attach to music he praises are “progressive,” “polyglot,” “postbop” and “polyphony.” A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z This isn’t monoculture, à la Ms. Swift, but a polyglot of alternative and outsider styles that, taken together, constitute something like a new mainstream. Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago Welcomes a Polyglot of Styles 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z This is a polyglot record whose best song, the ballad “Never Gonna Change,” sounds the least like the rest of the tracks; it sounds as if it belongs on an early-’70s Stones record. New Music: ?SuperHeavy,? With Mick Jagger, and ?Where Are the Arms? - Review 2011-09-19T22:39:18Z He may have been too polyglot for A. M. Rosenthal, the executive editor of The Times, who fired him after only two years. Books of The Times: ‘Steal the Menu,’ by Raymond Sokolov 2013-05-09T21:24:23Z But that was an exception — a bow to the polyglot politics of California, which was to hold its presidential primary on June 4, 1968. Book excerpt: The untold story of MLK and RFK 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z In Los Angeles, Mr. Choi’s ascent is spoken of in symbolic terms: he stands for what a diffuse, polyglot city can become. Roy Choi, King of L.A. Food Trucks, Moves On to a Hotel 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The polyglot crowd spit back his rhymes, profanities included, with enthusiasm. Primavera Sound Sets the Stage for Music Festivals Worldwide 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z The sound of gravel crunching underfoot as waitresses flit between the tables mingles with the bright chatter of the polyglot lunch crowd. Monet’s ‘other’ masterpiece: His gardens at Giverny 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In the pilot, polyglot alliances are tricky as humans and some races of aliens must reluctantly brush aside differences to protect the town from automatons known as the Volge. Sci-fi TV show ''Defiance'' dovetails drama with video game 2013-04-08T18:58:51Z Washington cracks open a vibrant, polyglot side of Houston about which few outsiders are aware. ‘Lot’ Offers a Fictional Look at a Vibrant, Polyglot American City 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z But it's also about age, race, class, the cultural heritage of Singapore and the fluidity of language in a polyglot society. Frye Art Museum hosts Ming Wong's first solo show in U.S.: 'Life of Imitation' 2011-01-27T00:41:05Z But what the government started, a wave of polyglot businesspeople like Mr. McMurdo — restaurateurs, hoteliers, real estate developers and night life impresarios — has continued, helping to resuscitate Santa Marta’s colonial center. | Latin America Issue : On the Colombian Coast, Natural Beauty, Gritty Charm 2010-09-17T16:03:00Z Mr. Khemiri said that achieving that exact combination is what makes Rachel Willson-Broyles such a good translator for his works, which abound with newly constructed compound words and polyglot slang. Jonas Hassen Khemiri, the Playwright Behind ?Invasion!? 2011-09-09T07:30:35Z It suggested a polyglot take on jazz-pop, and if it felt a bit eager to impress, Ms. Spalding had a point to prove, at least in jazz circles. Esperanza Spalding on a Year in the Spotlight 2012-03-16T15:58:59Z Their music, especially “Replay,” “Ring Ding Dong” and “Juliette,” felt the riskiest, even if it only slightly tweaked that polyglot K-pop formula; these vocalists were among the night’s strongest. Music Review: SHINee and South Korean K-Pop Groups at Madison Square Garden ? Review 2011-10-24T22:32:21Z A well-traveled polyglot, he also had a parallel career as the company’s staff diction coach, a post he held for some three decades before his retirement in 2009. Nico Castel, Tenor and Diction Coach at the Met, Dies at 83 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Her stylistic techniques — playful, polyglot, punning, postmodern and slyly self-referential — are more typically associated with writers of the French Nouveau Roman school. Christine Brooke-Rose, Experimental Writer, Dies at 89 2012-04-10T05:10:22Z It was a stunning display of vocal control and proof — in the midst of an all-French recital — of Ms. Devieilhe’s polyglot artistry. Review: A Rising French Singer Makes a Delicately Brilliant Debut 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z A polyglot who is fluent in Italian, Pereira started his career in tourism management and then worked for Italian computer company Olivetti for 12 years. Alexander Pereira to head Italy opera house La Scala from 2015 2013-06-05T23:37:07Z But then most language lobbies are as much political as cultural: at their most powerful, they have helped break up polyglot empires and kingdoms, and redrawn the boundaries of nation states. Why I'm saddened by Scotland going Gaelic 2010-12-11T08:00:00Z Bernardo Arévalo, a polyglot sociologist from an upstart party made up largely of urban professionals, took 59 percent of the vote with 95 percent of votes counted on Sunday, the electoral authority said. Anticorruption Crusader Set to Win in Guatemala, in Rebuke to Establishment 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Oppenheimer, played over four decades by a superbly restrained yet intensely expressive Cillian Murphy, is a polymath and a polyglot, a lover of art and literature as well as science. Review: Christopher Nolan's gripping, despairing 'Oppenheimer' ponders history and the future 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Time and again the Republican Party has shown it is committed to imposing minority rule, replacing “the people,” the polyglot of America, with the chosen minority that is MAGA. A year after Dobbs, leaving abortion to states isn’t working | Francis Wilkinson 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z A polyglot cradle of culture, the territory — nearer to Vietnam than to Delhi — blended courtly traditions imported from India with the languages and customs brought by waves of East Asian settlers. A Rising India Is Also, in One Remote Pocket, a Blood-Soaked War Zone 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Because of its location, and the polyglot audiences it attracts, the Pavilion can continue to play a lead role in this kind of artistic “bridge-building,” she said. La Santa Cecilia, Nortec, Beatriz Solis headline Levitt Pavilion concerts in MacArthur Park 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z “He deftly connected Puerto Rico’s polyglot music to the grim colonial circumstances that brought Spanish, Black and Indigenous people together on his island.” Analysis | Tego Calderón stages a comeback with ‘La Receta’ 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z For those whose ears are untrained in the differences in language, this polyglot approach can be initially overwhelming, even confusing. Review: ‘R.M.N.’ is a must-see Romanian drama — and a Christmas movie like no other 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z To find out how the brain processes five or more languages, Fedorenko teamed up with Saima Malik-Moraleda—a graduate student at Harvard University and a polyglot herself—and a team of other researchers. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Byatt once described him as “the ironic German par excellence” and an “ideal European — polyglot, polymath, skeptical and humane, with a strong sense of history both good and evil.” Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Leading Light in German Letters, Dies at 93 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Its location, in one L.A.’s most polyglot corners, has been a mixed blessing. La Santa Cecilia, Nortec, Beatriz Solis headline Levitt Pavilion concerts in MacArthur Park 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z She is a polyglot and a chameleon, precise, erudite, forthright. From Amelia Earhart to Miuccia Prada, a new book collects history's 'left-handed women' 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z A budding polyglot with a passion for international business, two months into a semester abroad he had been looking forward to for years. Young Dreams Extinguished in the Crush of a Halloween Crowd in Seoul 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z They scanned the brains of 25 polyglots, 16 of whom were hyperpolyglots, including one who spoke more than 50 different languages. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z She’s a polyglot with a paralyzing voice, and she produces her music with big vitality and tremendous care — something she proved through sweat and tears Monday, positing her curiosity as tenacity, her meticulousness as virtuosity. Review | In concert, Rosalía shows us what living in pop’s future sounds like 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Five Points was home to a polyglot mix of recent immigrants, formerly enslaved people, and other members of the working class. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In the 19th century, this was the Russian Eldorado, a raucous, polyglot city on the make, populated by Greeks, Italians, Tatars, Russians, Turks and Poles. Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The polyglot queue in Yuma of what authorities call “give ups” presented a jarring contrast to the wild chases happening about 300 miles farther east along the border. Across southern Arizona, a full range of border woes for Biden Inside the fMRI machine, the polyglots listened to a series of 16-second-long recordings in one of eight different languages. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z An obsessive polyglot, he had learned over a dozen languages as a child. France fetes the man who solved the Rosetta Stone mystery 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z He wants to silence the polyglot murmuring of Odesa, a city defined by its openness, whose music is its mingling. Odesa Opera House Reopens, Defying Putin’s Barbarism 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z The sub-prefecture of some remote French region may not be the dream of a polished polyglot envoy. French Diplomats to Strike Over Loss of Separate Status 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Raised speaking Spanish and English, Mr. Enriquez had become a sort of polyglot, having studied French, Italian and Latin. The Suspect in a Fatal Subway Shooting Is in Police Custody 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z No previous study has studied so many polyglots. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z This peripatetic life perhaps accounts for the polyglot nature of his artistic career. In the 'cacophony' of the Americas, painter Eamon Ore-Giron finds elegant patterns 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available. Google Translate adds 24 new languages 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z To succeed as a YouTube polyglot, you have to constantly expand your repertoire of languages, which makes it hard to spend enough time on any one language to become truly proficient. He Made Yiddish Go Viral 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z When I introduced him to Richard Simcott, who organizes an international conference for polyglots, Vaughn switched between 10 languages as they spoke, telling stories in Welsh, Bulgarian, Serbian, Norwegian and more. The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages “It’s a very significant piece of work about polyglots,” Buchweitz says. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z This is not the first time she has modulated her screen presence in service to an auteur’s otherworldly vision, or proven herself an exceptionally skilled polyglot. Review: ‘Memoria’ is one of the greatest movies you’ll see — or hear — in a theater this year 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Like the biracial South, this polyglot West posed a “race problem” for white Americans. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In the polyglot open-air market in Lower Manhattan where Chinatown merges with SoHo and the streets bustle with tourists and hawkers of handbags and watches, Abdoulaye Coulibaly was as familiar as he was mysterious. Behind the Killings of Homeless Men, Portraits of 3 Lives Derailed 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But Kelly, who dabbles in Cantonese, Mandarin and “beer in most languages,” had seen polyglots on YouTube, promising that anyone can become multilingual if they try. The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages Still, she wants to investigate how polyglots’ brains pull off a trick that so many others find next to impossible, and whether they have an innate talent or just an interest or opportunity. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Somewhere in the polyglot din of tourists, I detected a New York accent. ‘One Woman Pulled Out a Key That Looked Just Right’ 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z In India, for instance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has risen partly on a promise to redefine India’s polyglot history as one of rightful Hindu dominance. In a Race to Shape the Future, History Is Under New Pressure 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Burma, once lauded for its fine schools and polyglot cosmopolitanism, sank into penury. Worldly, charming and quietly equipping a brutal military 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z While she is a polyglot, the chiseled Mr. Pellegrino doesn’t really speak English. Of Mouth Molds and Michelin Stars: Chef Finds Fame After Epic Takedown 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z In a new brain imaging study, researchers peered inside the minds of polyglots like Smith to tease out how language-specific regions in their brains respond to hearing different languages. Your native tongue holds a special place in your brain, even if you speak 10 languages 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Many Irvine residents are authentically proud of the city’s polyglot nature, and work to make it a reality. Are diversifying suburbs like Irvine ready for a conversation about race? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z A polyglot, he spoke French as well as German and Polish, among other languages. Justus Rosenberg, Holocaust rescuer, dies at 100 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z For a polyglot, toggling among several language seems more natural than staying in only one, sort of like a musician who plays several instruments. Si, Oui, Hai: Interpreting joy and heartbreak at Tokyo Games 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z And I profile a young person who started a political party, but it's a very strange kind of polyglot coalition. Obama aide Ben Rhodes on the global crisis of democracy: It's real, and we have to fight back 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z A polyglot, Ms. Barber spoke fluent French and German and was conversational in Italian. Katherine Barber, maven of Canadian English, dies at 61 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Shakespeare remunerates close attention, and this polyglot approach made me hear the richness of the language anew. With Josh O'Connor and Lupita Nyong'o, 'Romeo and Juliet' speaks to our fractured society 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Such a tricky situation called for cagey wisdom from a seasoned, traveled polyglot of 23, the daughter of a Japanese mother, a Haitian father and an American upbringing. Naomi Osaka, the bright star of women’s tennis, claims another Australian Open title 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Here were folks with names nobody knows demonstrating a polyglot American ideal that’s felt all too endangered these last few years. Music stars bring songs of hope to Biden inauguration, but COVID and Trump cast long shadows 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z After the war, the family returned to polyglot East L.A., where they forged friendships beyond the insular Japanese community with Mexicans, Jews, Italians, Scots, Armenians, Russians, Africans. Rose Ochi, trailblazer for civil rights and Japanese American causes, dies at 81 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z A tall, reserved, bespectacled polyglot, Mr. Thiam did the job he was hired to do: He made Credit Suisse profitable again after a long decline. The Short Tenure and Abrupt Ouster of Banking’s Sole Black C.E.O. 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Qadri grew up in Srinagar speaking Kashmiri, Hindi and English, which later made him an effective spokesman in polyglot India. Babar Qadri, Champion for Kashmir, Is Killed as Violence Mounts 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z “There is no city like New York,” he said, and “there is no better message than the cultural message that is sent over by the kind of polyglot, polyethnic city that we are.” Virtual UN meeting saps NYC of yearly hubbub, cash infusion 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The Brazilian superstar is also a polyglot: Her native language is Portuguese, but she sings in both Spanish and English on “Me Gusta.” Brazilian singer Anitta's new song has everything we need, including Cardi B 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s a departure from an earlier era, when the key to claiming this polyglot political jigsaw puzzle was wooing voters along the I-4 corridor across the middle of the state. A Tight Trump-Biden Race in Florida: Here’s the State of Play 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Classicist Duane Roller agrees, and notes that the famously polyglot Mithridates intensified his lifelong study of poison and antidotes before his suicide in 63 bc. The engines of the Internet, digital nature, and colour from shrimp to cyborg: Books in brief 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z His plunge into the dark byways of China’s polyglot criminal underworld demands a narrator adept at multiple accents and languages, and Ewan Chung carries it off brilliantly. Did you hear about that international crime spree? Follow 7 audiobook mysteries across the globe 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z There is so much to cheer about in our, mixed-up, polyglot city. Column: Angelenos are taking to the streets. Again. Will it produce real change this time? 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The mayors of its densely packed and polyglot cities speak of rising rates of infection. Rhode Island Pushes Aggressive Testing, a Move That Could Ease Reopening 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z A polyglot Afghan native, he was a skilled bureaucratic operator with clout in the halls of Washington and the craggy peaks of the Hindu Kush. In coming bid for Afghan peace, U.S. envoy faces greatest challenge — and an unpredictable president 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z English is the official language in this polyglot nation and the one used in schools. War of words as Nigerian English gets Oxford recognition 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z This week his campaign also launched an ad in Nevada that features the polyglot Buttigieg pitching himself in Spanish as “the president who will turn the page and unify our very polarized country”. 'Earn it': Pete Buttigieg's plan to court communities of color 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Described by literary critic Maya Jaggi as "a polyglot and polymath", Steiner was a divisive figure. Literary critic George Steiner dies aged 90 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Another medley fronted by singer Usher commemorated the 40th anniversary of the arrival of musical polyglot Prince, who died at 57 nearly four years ago of an opioid overdose. With Kobe Bryant's death, the 2020 Grammys go from celebratory to reflective 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Before he was an accomplished pianist, a polyglot, a Harvard graduate and a Rhodes scholar, Buttigieg was the only child of college professors growing up in a bubble of academia in the Rust Belt. ‘A serious-minded kid:’ Pete Buttigieg aimed high early 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Before he was an accomplished pianist, a polyglot, a Harvard graduate and a Rhodes scholar, Buttigieg was the only child of college professors growing up in a bubble of academia in the Rust Belt. ‘A serious-minded kid:’ Pete Buttigieg aimed high early 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The Swiss are a polyglot mix of German, French and Italian speakers, many intimidatingly fluent in multiple languages. Opinion | The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Each is richer for being part of the ongoing, polyglot conversation. For Iranian American artist Ardeshir Tabrizi, a fractured sense of identity 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z A few days before the debate, Buttigieg, a polyglot Navy vet who is also, at age thirty-seven, a millennial, talked with David Remnick as part of the twentieth New Yorker Festival. Pete Buttigieg Talks Impeachment, Health Care, and the Political Spectrum 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The much-anticipated future of Texas politics may not have arrived statewide yet, but it is hard to miss in the booming, polyglot metropolitan areas that are changing the face of the state. How the El Paso Shooting Exposes the Rifts in Texas Politics 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z I imagined his ghost lurking about, disgusted at the polyglot city around him, and raging at the futility of his act of murder. The Assassin Next Door 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z A diverse polyglot with a population density approaching that of contemporary central Hong Kong, it was a prototypical arrival city, with Irish, Italian, Jewish, African, Chinese and others establishing their first Canadian beachheads. Vanished neighbourhoods: the areas lost to urban renewal 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z In Sanchez’s hands, pastiche is not only a reflection of our polyglot image empire but also a way of exposing the mechanisms by which that empire functions. Review: Gabriella Sanchez spells out her resistance to Eurocentric art 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a polyglot throng including people from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean regularly gathers at the local headquarters of the National Institute of Immigration, Mexico’s agency for migrant affairs. At Mexico’s southern border, migrants feel the pinch of a crackdown spurred by U.S. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z What about Asians or Indians or other representatives of the ethnic polyglot that makes up this country? Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Nor do I think the excitement about his candidacy has been driven entirely by the polyglot fetishes of my media colleagues. How Pete Buttigieg’s Meaningless Erudition Made Him the ‘Smart’ Candidate 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z It’s a reflection of the polyglot metropolis in which all Angelenos should be able to discover a reflection of themselves — of their history and their connection to their neighbors. Dear L.A. County: Reject the LACMA redesign plan and go back to the drawing board 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z But it may not be comfortable, especially for a jet-setting polyglot who logged extensive air miles while running the world’s biggest auto alliance. Carlos Ghosn readies for epic legal fight after finally being freed from Tokyo jail 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Though polyglots themselves, they insisted that their son speak only Hebrew. Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert are permeated with the polyglot folk traditions that surrounded them in the Habsburg lands. Review | Danish String Quartet shows off the power of folk music 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The sisters were brought up in the UK speaking German and English, by polyglot parents. The bang on the head that knocked English out of me 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z But that was enough for the sellout polyglot crowd. Two stadiums, two blocks apart, reveal a changing city 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z He lives in Macedonia with his wife and daughter, a budding polyglot of eleven, who was, he told me, trilingual at sixteen months. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Kneissl, 53, a polyglot Middle East expert without political affiliation, was appointed to her job by the far-right Freedom Party which has a cooperation agreement with Putin’s United Russia Party. A bow or a curtsey? Austrian minister's gesture to Putin sparks furor 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z He won’t need to learn another language, but I await with interest his inevitable acquisition of London’s polyglot slang. A New Citizen Decides to Leave the Tumult of Trump’s America 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z There’s also Karl Gutzlaff, a polyglot Prussian missionary, who explored China’s coast hawking opium and Bibles, forever planting the belief in Chinese minds that Jesus was an accessory to a drug crime. Review | What a previous trade war with China might teach us 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Karim, a worldly polyglot who could have easily passed for a Middle Easterner, mentioned how he would sometimes go to a hotel and speak to the front-desk staff in English. ‘We’re a people destroyed’: why Uighur Muslims across China are living in fear 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z There was, in particular, a mysterious polyglot who haunted the same rooms. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Before the era of the nation-state, polyglot empires were the rule, rather than the exception. Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Adul Sam-on, an English-speaking polyglot migrant from Myanmar, realized that the two divers who suddenly emerged were foreigners and spoke English, but he could not find the right words to say to them, except “Hello.” Thai soccer players and coach speak publicly for first time since their rescue from flooded cave 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Implicitly and explicitly, climatic interdependencies served as the foundation for political and economic oneness in a jostling, polyglot empire. The imperial roots of climate science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z It is one of the great joys of this polyglot metropolis: watching a world-class soccer game in the company of knowledgeable and enthusiastic fans from competing teams — preferably with national food and drink being served. Watching the 2018 World Cup? Polyglot New York Has Got You Covered 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “The way I see it, there are three types of polyglots,” he told Erard. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Unlike this “Tartuffe”, Mr Ostermeier’s polyglot scripts enhanced underlying aspects of the plays and their use of different registers. The hazards of updating classic texts 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “Because other people are here,” said Matthew Hu, 21, from Toronto, who joined the polyglot crowd on 42nd Street near Second Avenue on Tuesday, undeterred by the murky horizon. Clouds Over Manhattanhenge 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The former president is urbane, polyglot and out of touch. Peru’s new president, Martín Vizcarra, explains his plans 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z After Beck announced his retirement, the commission held public meetings around the city, where many residents said they want a police chief who understands the uniquely polyglot nature of this sprawling city. Selection of new LAPD chief moves forward as mayor is presented with 3 finalists 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z A polyglot, former model and only the second first lady born outside the US, Melania made a slower start than most presidential spouses. Melania Trump steps out of Donald's shadow – after a year and a half 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Consider the Philadelphia 76ers, whose polyglot roster includes players from seven countries. A Polyglot N.B.A. Swears by One Thing: That Call Was #@!& 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z While some athletes are destined to embody their names, Stanton’s name — polyglot, lyrical and lengthy — may reveal something about him, too. How Giancarlo Stanton Let Go of ‘Mike’ and Embraced Who He Is 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z In Europe, for example, the rise of democracy and the breaking of empires – like the polyglot Austro-Hungarian empire – were inextricably tied to nationalism. The three crises of liberal democracy | Ganesh Sitaraman 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z And in this polyglot nation, you could no more restrict the influence of African-American music to African-American people than you could strain out the Kool-Aid powder after it hits the water. In defense of cultural appropriation 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Like gumbo, sauce piquant is one of Louisiana’s polyglot dishes, combining elements of Cajun, Creole, Italian, French and Spanish cuisines. The Spicy Red Sauce That Goes With Everything 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z After months of being followed by the Kremlin’s intelligence agents to meetings, culminating in a televised raid of his apartment, he finally let his guard down, disappearing into the elegant, polyglot streets of Kensington. As Putin’s Opponents Flocked to London, His Spies Followed 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z After months of being followed by the Kremlin’s intelligence agents to every meeting, culminating in a televised raid of his apartment, he finally let his guard down, disappearing into the elegant, polyglot streets of Kensington. As Putin’s opponents flocked to London, his spies followed 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z For Vargas Llosa, London had long been a model of how polyglot pluralism, democracy and free markets should work together. The Elder Statesman of Latin American Literature — and a Writer of Our Moment 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z He spent 36 years in California, turning his love of food in his polyglot neighborhood into a career as a chef and restaurant consultant, featuring fusion themes: Spanish-Italian and Tapas-Sushi. A Homecoming 50 Years in the Making 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa. What we can learn from the countries the president derides 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z From Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue performed on 85 grand pianos to a polyglot team of athletes bedecked with medals. The time when America stopped being great 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z While American politics are seized by one party’s attempt to stop history in its tracks, baseball is already modeling the polyglot, diverse future that Trump was elected by promising to prevent. Baseball no longer a supergiant but it is still the most American of sports 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The weather is savage, the pollution so thick daylight is almost non-existent, the buildings more fortress-like, the polyglot crowds on the streets more hostile. 'Blade Runner 2049' delivers a visually dazzling follow-up 35 years after the original 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It was a hub of many languages and cultures in the polyglot society that was Egypt in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th. The tragic tale of Egypt's decline: Is it also the story of America's future? 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z And after watching multiple TED talks given by polyglots on language learning, it seems most of the road blocks in the way of learning are mental. 8 Effective Ways to Learn a New Language as an Adult 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z It is as important for minority students who benefit from affirmative action as it is for their white peers that the nation’s universities prepare all of them for citizenship in a polyglot country. Opinion | Does the nation still need affirmative action? 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z For aspiring polyglots, his tip is to start as soon as possible. Where speaking several languages is a given - BBC News 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z For most of its history, America was precisely the “polyglot boardinghouse” Teddy Roosevelt once worried it would become. Immigrants do not need to speak English before they arrive in America 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Founded by Catherine the Great in 1794, and designated a free port in 1817, the city’s louche, polyglot atmosphere attracted merchants, Greeks, Turks, Tatars and Jews – and many celebrated writers. The cult of Babel: Odessa's literary flashmobs attract book-loving tourists 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Like Matthew Youlden, a polyglot and Babbel language ambassador, explained in his TED talk, almost no one who speaks English knows all of the words in the English Oxford Dictionary. 8 Effective Ways to Learn a New Language as an Adult 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Designers dressed down the president during the industry’s winter fashion week with ball caps — cherry red, bold lettering — reading “Make America New York,” a reference to the historically welcoming nature of his polyglot hometown. Never mind healthcare. President Trump has made slogans great again 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It is a city of 530,000 people — in a metropolitan area of 2.5 million — many of them now wondering whether the city really is the exotic, polyglot, polychrome place they believe it to be. For Manchester, as for Its Libyans, a Test of Faith 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z That house was a shrine to the old Levantine world of which Aleppo — with its polyglot traders, its mix of Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam — had been the center. Aleppo After the Fall 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z By Christmas, the camp hallways echo with the polyglot cries of 189 children. 102 villagers, 750 refugees, one grand experiment 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Europe is a beacon for all those who like openness, exchange, opportunities offered by the large space of free movement: entrepreneurs, students, tourists, polyglot graduates, the young, the rich, the successful. Three things the EU must do to survive 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z The match was contested by two teams drawn from every corner of the globe, such is the polyglot paradise English soccer has become. A Thrilling Tie Exposes the Premier League’s Flaw 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z To advance his administration’s agenda, with its protectionism and cultural nationalism, Trump needs to spread the notion that the polyglot metropolis is a dangerous failure. Perspective | Why does Donald Trump demonize cities? 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The polyglot paradise the Premier League became is his legacy. With Success in England, Zlatan Ibrahimovic Strikes a Blow Against Snobbery 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Abdul Yaseen is an unassuming symbol of Mumbai’s polyglot heritage: a Muslim engraving Jewish headstones in a city that, like the rest of the country, is overwhelmingly Hindu. A Muslim father and son engrave the headstones at one of India's oldest Jewish cemeteries 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z He said his former countrymen are polyglots who value education and want the chance to succeed in the United States and other Western countries. Pendleton family proud to be American and Syrian 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Signs of the diversity abound, from the polyglot shop signs, to restaurants serving Asian and Bosnian dishes, to the teenagers from Myanmar and Somalia playing together at a community center. In New York refugee haven, new anxiety in age of Trump 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z His novels are short on dramatic scenes and dialogue, and it’s not easy to celebrate a polyglot metropolis when you’re unaccustomed to letting characters speak for themselves. Paul Auster’s Novel of Chance 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z In it, our interspecies polyglot shifts his research into a higher gear. Tales of wonder : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Author, diplomat, autodidact, university founder, polyglot, governor, president — and also slaveholder. TRAVEL: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello provides peek into complicated president 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The Senate Democrats Schumer leads are an ideologically polyglot group confronting tough political terrain. What Democrats owe America 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z He adds that the film focuses on the multilingual abilities of Banks in a way that feeds into popular perceptions of linguists as “professional polyglots.” For linguists, the new sci-fi film Arrival can't come soon enough 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z I am proud to be a millennial, left wing, polyglot, dual-citizen woman who desperately wanted Britain to remain in the EU and desperately wanted Clinton to win the race for president. Millennials have been rocked by this election. But our day will come | Jessica Cornwell 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The Trump movement, like the Tea Party movement it supplanted, is a reaction to the socially liberal, polyglot America that is rapidly emerging in the twenty-first century. Two Americas: Why Donald Trump Still Has a Lot of Support 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Stray microphones regularly reveal technical areas to be a world of lurid, polyglot insults, but certain words are considered beyond the pale. Humiliation Is in the Air as Chelsea Routs Manchester United 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z But for all of ISIS’s claims to be a “universal caliphate,” all the group’s expansionism and polyglot enticements, it was created in Iraq and is led by Iraqis. Surviving the Fall of ISIS The late king was a polyglot photography enthusiast who spent decades meeting farmers and pushing development projects in rural Thailand. Thailand grieves for its late king — and wonders when its crown prince will take the throne 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z It was a polyglot city, in which Christians suffered oppression, when, in 1099, armies of the First Crusade took it and massacred nearly all the Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. The Passions of Medieval Jerusalem 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z And Queens, already a polyglot mix of residents from every corner of the globe, is growing ever more diverse. People Fled the Bronx in the 1970s. Now Its Population Is Booming. 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z A similar article might follow about panhandlers on the subway trains, a polyglot group that should be surveyed for adequacy of NYC's services to the impoverished. Crickets, Snakes, Crabs: A Mix of Fact and Fraud in New York’s Subway 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Addressing the polyglot civil liberties committee partly in French, Mr. King admitted that his nomination may raise questions, given the Brexit vote which the new government vowed to respect. European Union Lawmakers Quiz U.K. Candidate for EU Commissioner 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Juncker, a former prime minister of polyglot Luxembourg, typically speaks publicly in a succession of English, French and German, although English is his weakest language among the three. Brexit prompts a push to end English in the European Union 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z This is partly because some EU countries need the guards back home and also because polyglot border guards are rare. EU Approves Common Border Agency 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But he says what's important is being the voice of this polyglot city, which contains Sikhs, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and atheists as well as Christians — to name but a few — within its ranks. London Mayor Sadiq Khan says that he wants to be the voice of the city _ and not just labelled as the first Muslim leader 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Diyarbakir is a polyglot city that is home to small Christian congregations of Assyrians, Chaldeans and Turkish converts, as well as to Armenians and Kurds. Turkey’s Seizure of Churches and Land Alarms Armenians 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z A polyglot, he was stationed in Korea during the war there and questioned Korean and Chinese refugees. Jesse Baltazar, Filipino survivor of the Bataan Death March, dies at 95 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Greenblatt makes a double linguistic connection between Shakespeare and the US, a polyglot country from the beginning. William Shakespeare: a quintessentially American author 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Other observers prefer explanations that focus on the personality and skills of a mostly self-effacing, hard-working and polyglot clan. A Nordic pyramid 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z But for now, facing a divided field, Trump has made his irate, masculine and ideologically polyglot constituency a real power in Republican politics. Michigan voters revolt against the party establishments 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Several different languages are spoken in the Hungarian-produced film, reflecting the polyglot nature of the grim world of the World War Two death camps. Hungary's 'Son of Saul' wins Oscar for best foreign language film 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Walking it is to see New York as it has been for over 300 years, a polyglot city united in commerce. Take a long walk this weekend in the real New York: Queens 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z He was, in other words, an ideal Internet user: a cultural polyglot who found beauty in its expansiveness, and who took from it so much, and who gave back to it even more. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z And though there were a few Muslims among them, they decidedly reflected the polyglot and poly-faith character of the neighborhood. Islamic Center in Koreatown opens its doors for a holiday giveaway 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z In rapid succession, Trudeau legalized abortion, funded the arts and promoted a race-blind immigration policy, which over time would transform the great cities of the country into polyglot metropolises. Trudeau’s Canada, Again 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z For many among this collection of enterprising youth, who work as polyglot fixers, nonprofit founders, and journalists for underground newspapers, the hope of returning and rebuilding Syria is gone. This Is What the Syrian Brain Drain Looks Like 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z In this collection of 25 essays, Tammet, an autistic savant, polyglot and author of two previous books, explores the beauty and complexity of numbers. MIND Staff Share Their Reading Picks 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The school was by then a far more polyglot institution than it had been when Ward or Beamon attended. The Life and Death of an Urban School 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Among Queens’s biggest selling points, boosters say, is its ethnic diversity: With about half the population foreign-born, it is a polyglot potpourri. Tourists Have Landed in Queens. They’re Staying. 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z He speaks numerous languages, a plus in a polyglot maritime area. Misha’s moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z In this polyglot nation, the game is growing in popularity and importance, an upward trend that will continue long into the future as America becomes less white and more Hispanic. The myth that America doesn't like football - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Being a talented linguist enabled Weinstein to smoothly navigate across borders and cultures, particularly in the polyglot world of international development. American hostage devoted his life to helping the world’s poorest people 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And, although Nao is meant to speak Chinese and English as well, he’s not quite a polyglot once you get past small talk. My bank is now staffed by a helpful robot 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z He’s a polyglot: Trevor has said that he speaks eight different languages, including six South African languages, in addition to English and German. Trevor Noah, new 'Daily Show' host: 7 things you need to know 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Bush, a privileged scion who married a Mexican woman and boasts of being bicultural, reflects his polyglot adopted hometown, Miami, and state. Jeb Bush and Scott Walker Point G.O.P. to Contrary Paths 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z What Russia needs, she seems to be asserting, is more patriots and fewer polyglots. Russian language barrier stumps UK 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z He was also a polyglot, speaking French, German, English and some Russian and was keen on international marketing. Champagne Tastes: Leading the Krug Family Business 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z It turns out one channel is plenty for the Mavericks’ infectious polyglot performances. Music Review: 1 channel is all the Mavericks need on ‘Mono’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z While this is a perfect date for the polyglot, who doesn’t enjoy a steaming bowl of ramen in mid-February? On Valentine’s Day, keep it simple, sweetheart 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z And polyglot programs are a pinprick in a vast industry. Say what? 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The polyglot visitors find a trendy destination, the natives a transcendental sidewalk that stretches a mile and a half, now that the third and last segment opened this fall. New York’s High Line: Why the floating promenade is so popular Vin Diesel demonstrated his proficiency as a polyglot back in July, when Marvel released a video of his Guardians of the Galaxy character Groot delivering his signature line in five languages. Hear 'Guardians of the Galaxy'’s Vin Diesel Say 'I Am Groot' in 15 Languages 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z This is the last weekend to see the theater collective Sister Sylvester’s “The Maids’ The Maids,” a polyglot remix of Genet’s original, at Abrons Arts Center, that features professional housekeepers among its cast members. ‘Diva’? Deconstructing Pop Images of Black Women 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z And the Internet is teeming with resources for the generally curious with podcasts and YouTube videos for aspiring polyglots made by everyone from the lone hobbyist to MIT and Harvard. What Mark Zuckerberg's Chinese Says About Facebook Culture 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Visitors to Canada await entry amid a reassuringly polyglot line of, if not all ethnicities, then surely most of them. Old white guy for mayor: has Toronto's great multicultural project failed? 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The area is now a polyglot quilt of immigrants from East Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia. In Colorado, Ever in Transition, a Fight for Power 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z In the Dallas community of Vickery Meadow, a cultural polyglot where about three dozen languages are spoken, the one word on everyone's lips is "Ebola." Ebola arrival shakes cultural crossroads community in Dallas 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z But most of that time is fascinating, both for the depiction of the Philippines’ polyglot culture and because of the elegantly crafted sound and visuals. ‘Norte, the End of History’ movie review: ‘Crime and Punishment’ re-imagined The more comfortable and anaesthetised our lives become, and the more polyglot and culturally heterogeneous our societies become, the less manifestly patriotic we are. What does it mean to be a modern patriot? 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Steel mill foremen deliberately organized polyglot work gangs — a Pole, an Italian, a Bohemian, a Serb — so they couldn’t talk about how much they hated the pay and the working conditions. Tea Party’s self-defeating hate: Why toxic resentment hurts their bottom line 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Princip targeted Ferdinand because the latter intended to improve the status of the Slavic peoples in a polyglot state dominated by Austrian and Hungarian elites. From Iraq To Ukraine, From Syria To Yugoslavia: Terrorists Who Wrecked The Modern World A Century Ago Are Creating More Wars Today 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z With such a polyglot staff, the biggest issue is communication– not necessarily translating words, but in understanding the language of soccer, of emotions. The American Soccer Coach On Iran's Bench 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Astoria, one of the city’s more polyglot neighborhoods, is home to at least half a dozen Brazilian restaurants and many Croatian businesses. New York Today: Brazil vs. Croatia, in Queens 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z However, even the finest polyglot would struggle to reach voters in 24 official languages. The globish-speaking union 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z She not only savors Crown Heights’ polyglot character but also likes her ability to do so much without ever leaving the neighborhood, citing performing arts spaces like LaunchPad and restaurants like Mayfield. Suburbs Try to Hold Onto Young Adults as Exodus to Cities Appears to Grow 2014-04-17T00:36:35Z The key determinant as to whether you think Orchestrate will succeed or not is whether you believe the current heterogeneous/polyglot nature of application creation is the “new normal”. Bringing Together A World Of Databases With Orchestrate 2014-02-04T16:01:00Z With a respectful nod to polyglot New York, Boston and St. Louis, cities at extremes of the sociological spectrum, show the range of the appeal of baseball. Boswell: World Series: Cardinals-Red Sox matchup has all makings of a true fall classic 2013-10-22T19:55:00Z Shaped like the mountain atop which the city's Christ the Redeemer monument looms large, the confessionals are staffed by polyglot priests from around the world. With Pope in town, ribald Rio a land of outdoor confessionals 2013-07-26T07:51:17Z New York’s polyglot population means there is a built-in audience for attractions from far-flung places. Lincoln Center Festival Adopts a ‘New to You’ Formula 2013-07-03T21:04:16Z You see its contradictions in offices and factories with polyglot workforces that look happily multicultural, but whose Asian workers might have got their jobs by disguising their surnames. A confounding and complex country 2013-06-28T19:00:58Z In my polyglot audience were writers from Mirpur in north-east Pakistan, from Nigeria, India and Britain. Local culture is keeping battered Britain alive in the recession 2013-06-17T13:10:06Z It’s as if there’s a polyglot artificial intelligence residing up there in the great cloud server farms. How Silicon Valley Is Hollowing Out the Economy (And Stealing From You To Boot) 2013-05-07T11:05:22Z But in this polyglot nation, with such a rich multicultural flavour, that is likely to change soon. The changing face of the average Aussie 2013-04-23T23:33:27Z Just choosing a site entailed regional battles among train lovers from Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia and from the eventual winner, the polyglot Brussels region. Belgian Train Museum Had a Hard Time Getting on Track 2013-03-19T02:32:09Z Chatter ran rampant on Twitter and Facebook, offering polyglot Israelis links to foreign news sites. Israel struggles to keep cloak of secrecy over spy story 2013-02-13T14:05:20Z Water and Land, Past and Present The South Street Seaport was once the bustling, raucous, polyglot center for maritime trade in the Port of New York. | South Street Seaport: South Street Seaport Has Begun Storm Recovery 2013-01-12T03:57:36Z Pious, but unveiled, a polyglot - she speaks English and French - but a patriot, this 27-year-old young woman of strong views and a ready smile is suggestive of the changes that are happening in Egypt. Viewpoint: Egypt's revolution of the mind 2012-11-13T01:09:00Z Some are now among America’s most diverse communities, rivalling 19th-century New York or San Francisco for polyglot energy. Lexington: Give thanks for suburbia 2012-10-25T15:00:58Z Articulate and polyglot—he speaks Spanish, English, French, and Quechua—Correa is a trained economist who earned a master’s degree in Belgium and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A Friend for Julian Assange 2012-08-20T05:00:00Z American food is polyglot and problematic, multivaried, confused, stained with a thousand national sins. As American as Apple Pie, and Empanadas, and Sushi... 2012-07-04T11:06:11Z Its bicameral legislature, with an empowered Parliament and an upper house like the United States Senate, will ensure greater legitimacy among the Continent’s polyglot people. At Outset of E.U. Summit Meeting in Brussels, the One Thing Missing Is Confidence 2012-06-28T01:51:33Z Microsoft developers now understand that today they have to be polyglot developers – able to work with .NET, Windows 8 needs its open source ecosystem – and fast 2012-06-01T11:59:54Z Hungary is a polyglot country, and a song belonging through its words, as well as its notes, to the vast majority of the inhabitants is therefore an impossibility. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Carlos Fuentes, Mexico’s Universal Man of Letters, Dies at 83 The celebrated writer was a polyglot man of letters whose elegant and driven prose helped sell Mexico to the outside world. Mexico?s Universal Man 2012-05-16T08:45:00Z He was the compiler of a polyglot dictionary in the Manx, Gaelic, and Erse languages. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z What he did for a living and how he earned money was a mystery even to his polyglot neighbours. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z City Room reports: Eliot Weiss, the chess team’s only coach since its founding in 1981 and a math teacher at the school, said the team was not always such a perfect reflection of polyglot Brooklyn. SchoolBook: Murrow Students Making Their Moves at Chess Nationals 2012-04-12T13:15:28Z Eliot Weiss, the chess team’s only coach since its founding in 1981 and a math teacher at the school, said the team was not always such a perfect reflection of polyglot Brooklyn. City Room: Edward R. Murrow's Chess Team Competes for National Title 2012-04-11T13:39:41Z He was a polyglot, speaking fluent French and flawless English, having spent much of his childhood in Washington, where his father was assigned as a Mexican diplomat. Mexico?s Universal Man 2012-05-16T08:45:00Z When the Igbo people of southern Nigeria tried to break free in 1967, the civil war was so brutal that no other group in that polyglot nation has tried with such force again. Memo From Africa: Mali Rebels Declare Independence, but Face an Uphill Task 2012-04-06T23:28:13Z Though he was master of a mysterious French polyglot, he used at present his own tongue, for Maso spoke Italian as readily as he did, and in much the same fashion. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Like many other polyglots, Mr. Brown offers a tiered answer when asked how many languages he knows. A Teenage Master of Languages Finds Online Fellowship 2012-03-09T18:53:15Z There seems to be a Slavic polyglot that any one of a half-dozen nationalities understands. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z The company was founded by Nathan Myhrvold, a brilliant polyglot physicist who argues that his giant patent trove will bring about a new era of innovation. AT&T Is Pulled ? Unwillingly ? Into the Great Patent Wars 2012-02-20T13:00:49Z A population more thoroughly polyglot could scarcely be found, Turks, Arabs, Sabeans, Syrians, Greeks, Hindus, Armenians, Frenchmen, Wahabees, Britons, Jews, Persians, Italians, and Africans, and there are even more creeds than races. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z After breakfast we went out again "en bande" with a new polyglot youth this time—a young Frenchman whom Lhermite had discovered. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z He said he found the polyglot videos on YouTube more interesting than television. A Teenage Master of Languages Finds Online Fellowship 2012-03-09T18:53:15Z The whole assemblage was surrounded by a polyglot crowd of Islanders and Indians in all the picturesqueness of Polynesian and Oriental garb. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z That evening the steamer hummed with life, and the clatter of polyglot tongues. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z All were frantically applauded by the polyglot audience which filled the hall to overflowing. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Having in 1487 joined the Dominican order, he gave himself with great energy to the study of Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee and Arabic, and in 1514 began the preparation of a polyglot edition of the Bible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z A polyglot who glides with ease between English, Spanish, French and Creole, Mr. Etienne said he hoped to work as a translator or in a hotel. Brazil?s Boom Absorbs Haiti?s Poor, For Now 2012-01-07T02:32:36Z But Queens, because it is one of the most polyglot spots on the planet, seems to be in the vanguard. Queens Libraries Serve 59 Languages 2012-01-03T01:45:12Z Politically, India’s federalist democracy is still regarded as the essential infrastructure binding a polyglot nation of 1.2 billion people. News Analysis: India Ends Year of Political Bickering and Government Inaction 2012-01-02T03:03:13Z In the Ghetto a cab has special significance, and Flutter-Duck would have to pass to hers through an avenue of polyglot commentators. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Troops were recruited from all parts of the empire, a polyglot mix from northern Europe to the Mediterranean and beyond. On View: Dura-Europos, a Melting Pot at the Intersection of Empires 2011-12-19T21:32:55Z It is a polyglot place of minorities and strivers, like Queens, with Hispanics, blacks, Asians and other groups making up 53 percent of the population, and a big dominating neighbor next door. Aurora Journal: Aurora, Colo., Tries to Outshine Its Bigger Neighbor 2011-12-13T03:21:07Z A chaotic conurbation of some 5 million people, Burma's largest city was during British colonial times a polyglot metropolis with state-of-the-art infrastructure. The Road to Naypyidaw: What Hillary Clinton Will See in Burma 2011-11-14T14:10:00Z These Armenian fathers are great polyglots, and print books in a variety of languages. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Softly the plash of the glittering fountain Falls on the night with the scent of mimosa, Mingled with polyglot phrases and laughter, Marking the pause 'twixt a waltz and mazurka. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z Have ye forgotten your mother-tongues?" he fumed at the polyglot assembly, "or are ye base-born Syrians boasting a nationality that ye can not prove? Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z In the wars with Austria, Bergamo was a great rallying-point for patriots and a continual thorn in the side of that polyglot empire. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The speaker was at once assailed with imprecations in ten different languages; but he stood firm under the polyglot uproar. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Another waiter, also impeccably polyglot, with gleaming hair, admirably cut clothes, and an insinuating manner, now murmured in Neale's ear, "What wine, sir?" Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z From the beginning its speech was a curious polyglot; the hissings and bubblings of the melting-pot out of which a new citizenry is poured. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Could it be that this old lady—past seventy—with her fine house and her polyglot of service and her flush purse, thought to call back the old trail of flatterers? English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The Seraph was not there, but I found the polyglot Culling explaining for Gartside's benefit certain of the more obvious drolleries of the current "Vie Parisienne." The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z A polyglot scene of mixed tongues and gay colors. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Flushing, Queens, is one of New York’s most polyglot immigrant neighborhoods. Flushing Journal: In Neighborhood That?s Diverse, a Push for Signs to Be Less So 2011-08-02T02:58:02Z The men of a whaler's crew are a polyglot lot, picked up from the gutters and the depths. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Joseph spoke all the languages of the polyglot races he governed, and was equally versed in all the various patois, though he usually conversed in German with the petitioners of higher rank. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z He calls this a humble tribute to the geniality of the English summer, and thinks that he may be termed ‘a polyglot ablutionist.’ Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Of the better class of citizens who help to make up this polyglot community of the metropolis, one very easily distinguishes the American, French, German, and English; each nationality is somehow distinctively marked. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The frightened maid ceased to scold in her polyglot way and grew coherent. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z The fiat, delivered in that ice-ax voice of his, cut through the polyglot murmur of the visitors gathered in the shining bare salon, all mirrors and decorations of artificial iris. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z My work was the proof-reading of my book of travel in its varying polyglots, seeing through the press English versions of my two text-books, and writing a third in both English and German. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Husain saw India as a polyglot, chaotic nation, and celebrated its energy and diversity. India's Greatest Painter Dies 2011-06-12T14:00:00Z Wherever they come from, global MBA students tend to be polyglot cosmopolitans. Schumpeter: Tutors to the world 2011-06-09T11:07:17Z Bay Ridge, a polyglot neighborhood made up of descendants of Scandinavian seafarers and Italian construction workers along with newer immigrants from the Middle East and China, is actually one of the city’s more immaculate neighborhoods. Fighting Litter in Brooklyn by Getting Rid of the Litter Baskets 2011-06-03T01:59:08Z All that day I heard it above the push-cart vendors' cries and the hurdy-gurdy's dance music, above the roar of the Second Avenue Elevated and the polyglot street clamor. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Also we could read French, and in Turkey there are many papers printed in French for the polyglot peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z The arcane problem is opening the door to niche players, including a unicycling polyglot, who promise to help banks ensure they don't miss anyone because of misspelled names. Arabic Names Spell Trouble for Banks 2011-04-19T00:19:30Z The cat-bird is mild and feminine compared with this rollicking polyglot. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z After delivering himself in this polyglot fashion, he caught hold of his goblet, and clinking it against that of Lunsford, said in a confidential whisper,— “We drink to our success, Sir Thomas?” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth�s inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains. Richard Corliss: That Old Feeling: You Know Dick 2011-03-04T14:50:00Z For the 75-year-old, polyglot Swiss to be defeated in his own backyard would be a stunning rebuff. Mohamed bin Hammam targets Europe to help him unseat Sepp Blatter 2011-03-10T14:20:54Z When we want to talk without the servants knowing, we speak what we call the Park polyglot, but it doesn’t go down with French people. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Not a single English tourist, with his well-read Murray under his arm, was to be seen there; not a carriage driver broke the stillness of the place with his polyglot solicitations to ride. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z This incongruous mixture of languages is not only jarring and repulsive, but adds greatly to the difficulty of mastering the vocabulary for the polyglot as well as the monolingual learner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The court also struck down quotas requiring that clubs field a minimum number of domestic players, clearing the way for the polyglot squads that dominate today. Media Cache: Goal in Europe Is Unified Broadcast-Rights Market 2011-02-13T18:52:22Z While we awaited the appearance of our hostess, the gathering seemed like a polyglot congress. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Then we may contrive to speak French that is French, and not Park polyglot.” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The cafés and bars of Mitte, in what used to be East Berlin, overflow with polyglot congregations of artists and hipsters. The 20-Year Miracle 2010-09-30T20:00:00Z Like the visitors and congregants it welcomes, it’s an American polyglot. | Closer to Heaven 2010-08-05T15:33:00Z The contemporary polyglot United States is ready to celebrate the World Cup at a level never before seen, largely because of the Web and cable television and the reality of globalization. Sports of The Times: On Streets of New York, Cheers for the World 2010-06-12T01:17:00Z “I’m a polyglot who believes in integration,” he said. Scientist at Work: George M. Church: A Mission to Sequence the Genomes of 100,000 People 2010-06-07T22:59:00Z And all this when French, Côte d'Ivoire's official tongue, is far from the most fluent language of his polyglot repertoire. Sven-Goran Eriksson: 'I like challenges, yes. Why not with the Ivory Coast?' 2010-06-05T08:00:00Z An entrenched population of rowdy, polyglot rabble seems to dominate major sites. Death of the "open Web": Greatly exaggerated 2010-05-24T20:48:00Z The neighborhood around them was polyglot and a bit “sketchy,” Mr. Sheets said. Freddy?s Bar, in Path of Atlantic Yards, to Close 2010-04-30T02:48:00Z The entwined polyglot murmurs, of English and German and Yiddish and Italian and Mandarin — and Bowery. The Long Story of the Building at 104-106 Bowery 2010-03-12T20:28:00Z Mr. Papandreou's spokesman says the premier's Greek is fine, but he also speaks fluent English, Swedish, French and Italian, and polyglots sometimes get mixed up. Papandreou Takes On Family Legacy 2010-03-04T00:26:00Z Because of its polyglot patchwork of ethnic groups and riches in natural resources, Malaysia is distinct from other Asian countries, both more volatile and better endowed. Letter from Malaysia: Bigger Issues Lurk Behind Allah Debate 2010-02-18T12:40:00Z Assassinations are rare in Dubai, a polyglot business hub on the Persian Gulf where deposed foreign leaders sometimes sought shelter. 2010-01-30T10:12:00Z She belongs to the Genoa contingent, and is one of those European polyglots who speak every continental language and make a fair attempt at English. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Separate versions in different languages were also brought out, with various other aids to the study of Scripture; a polyglot Book of Common Prayer, in eight languages; &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis How many are there of polyglot race—Hebrews, Germans, foreigners of every type, preying upon one another, making false incomes which exist only on paper, living in false luxury, tasting false joys? The Hillman A child can acquire the polyglot habit almost unawares. The Salvaging Of Civilisation He was greeted with a burst of unintelligible, polyglot words, and spontaneous, excitable gesticulations. The Night Operator They were a polyglot assortment, English, German, French, Hungarian—a happy-looking lot, certainly, and eager for the housing and comfort of the ship. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Bishop Walton’s polyglot Bible in six large volumes was sold for �10 to subscribers, but resulted in a heavy loss. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" "Are the axle-trees, the nave, the spokes, the tires, the felloes, and the splinter-bars in good condition?" it goes on in its painstaking polyglot. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu He heard the exclamations that fell from polyglot lips. H. R. At this Zut, who was surprisingly polyglot of ear, yelped with renewed delight. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes "And 'ere they are sure enough, by dam!" said the polyglot Captain Jean in the language of commerce and profanity. Where the Pavement Ends Dictionaries of several languages, called polyglots, are of different kinds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" I have elsewhere expressed a doubt about polyglots. The Intellectual Life It was a polyglot town, moreover, set upon a fever-ridden mangrove isle serving as one terminus of the world's short cut, and in it had collected all the parasites that live upon the moving herd. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure It was the polyglot steward addressing him, with that deference which is born of tips. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Never shall I forget the face of the fat little Dutch landlord as we entered—surprise, sympathy, fear alternately lighting his countenance as he poured forth a polyglot expression of his excited feelings. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Many great dictionaries are now polyglot in this sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" I think he got more culture, more of the best effects of good literature, out of that one language than some polyglots get out of a dozen. The Intellectual Life Victor in the greatest of all Spanish toils, he executed the polyglot version of the Scriptures, the most stupendous literary achievement of his age. Cathedrals of Spain Before me was the olla-podrida of touring fashion and fellaheen squalor; the smell of camels and attar of roses; the polyglot chatter of European pleasure-seekers and the tom-toms of Arab pilgrims. The Portal of Dreams “Fetch more water,” he said abruptly to the soldier, who had heard all that passed, and might or might not understand; the Russians are a polyglot people. The Red Symbol "I seek my friends," he replied in a guttural polyglot. Bring Me His Ears I wondered, as I have often wondered of other polyglot people I have met, how much of any language they really know, which language do they think in? Aliens Most worthy Señores,—Once more let me write 'Hereingefallen,' and if two of you fail to appreciate its delicate and subtle import, I am sure that the polyglot Mr. Michael Cospatric will courteously interpret. The Recipe for Diamonds Contractors everywhere recruited their polyglot companies in the great cities and shipped them out into the country where there was a demand. Clark's Field I found the usual polyglot crowd assembled at the Friedrichstrasse station, waiting to board the international express including a number of Russian officers, one of whom specially attracted my attention. The Red Symbol We must not, as the greatest man of our age declared, suffer this nation to become a "polyglot boarding house." Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The stock language is probably German, for this bohemian gathering is essentially a German institution; but the Germans are polyglots, and you will hardly find yourself lost in their company, whatever your native tongue. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science We Anglo-Saxons abroad have not a reputation for being polyglot, and I never advertise my own small linguistic attainments unless specially called upon to do so. The Recipe for Diamonds Of what other poem is there a polyglot edition? Select Poems of Thomas Gray There is the same packed mass movement of a lively polyglot people through the streets. Westward with the Prince of Wales It was from the Princess Galitzin, written in the polyglot of French, English and Russian which she affected. The Vagrant Duke Mrs. Trollope, who from her polyglot accomplishments may be called a many-sided woman, has been, both by Nature and education, most liberally endowed with intellectual gifts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 For this flyaway son of a Phœnician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board. The Book of Khalid The kingdom eventually became part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under Communist rule following World War II. The 2008 CIA World Factbook It brought into the country a constant stream of cheap labor, polyglot, and lacking in homogeneity, and consequently slow at first to unionize and strike. The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States Among this polyglot assembly perhaps there may be a single man who has arrived with a pack upon his back. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Some of this looks like a very polyglot language. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot For who but a child dare act so freely among these polyglots of ceremony in this little world of frills and frocks and feathers? The Book of Khalid The kingdom eventually became part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under Communist rule following World War II. The 2008 CIA World Factbook It was an hour past noon when the diligence, with its polyglot freight, drove up to the harrier. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge There is a vast polyglot population here, full of energy and life. The Double Four Their history stands forth as beacon lights of warning to the polyglot Lutherans migrating to the ends of earth and learning all languages. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood For his ten Mexican dollars a month he takes all the burdens from your shoulders, and stands between you and the rude outside polyglot world. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Indonesia Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, has been undergoing significant economic reforms under President YUDHOYONO. The 2008 CIA World Factbook Hungary: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under communist rule following World War II. The 2001 CIA World Factbook How wonderful the work of the last century whereby this blessed Word has been translated into every language and many dialects of polyglot India. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The great breakwater, whose first stone was laid by Albert Edward, is penetrated at last, and the polyglot and universal harbor of call unfolds like a fan. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The house or tent was filled in a short time, and the audience was treated to a polyglot entertainment of the most remarkable character. A Pirate of Parts The confusion of tongues must have been a very tame and quiet affair as compared to the polyglot chattering which burst upon Bobby’s ears when he entered the small lobby of the Hotel Larken. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man They delivered their presents, consisting of a polyglot Bible in four languages and the images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Besides this miscellaneous and polyglot audience inside the room, Helen soon became aware of nearly as many more spectators and listeners outside the building crowded about the open windows. The High Calling A polyglot costume surely—but this was a city of polyglots. The Secret Witness There were several who intimated that he go right in for grand polyglot opera and try and get hold of the Metropolitan Opera House. A Pirate of Parts With its winding and mountainous streets and its polyglot population, Matadi is a picturesque spot. An African Adventure No use to call the cops—there were too many uncertainties about the setup in wild, polyglot Pallastown. The Planet Strappers And, privately, even the IPO officials admitted that the numbers were easier to say and remember than the polyglot street names that had been tagged on by the General Assembly. The Penal Cluster "A Serbian plot!" they heard a man in a turban say in polyglot German. The Secret Witness To know as many languages as a serpent is the ne plus ultra of polyglot erudition. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science It has been done during the present generation, and Webster's Dictionary defines it as a polyglot jargon used for inter-communication by Jews from different nations. Third class in Indian railways An air of discouragement pervaded the party, involving even the polyglot conductor of the waggon-lits, a small, quick, sandy-complexioned, young fellow of uncertain nationality, with a gold band round his peaked cap. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance On nearing The Bow the confusion ceased; the polyglot sounds were distinguishable only as a murmur. Flamsted quarries Whatever his lingo, or that employed by the polyglot Mexican, they understood each other, and the misunderstanding that followed was purely personal. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War When I hear these sounds, so strangely different, and look at the speakers, I fancy them a living polyglot of the languages, a perambulating picture-gallery illustrative of national variety in form and feature. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 But here is one instance, out of many, of the polyglot character of the Jesuit body, and its advantages in literature. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Her tears so affected the sandy-complexioned, polyglot conductor that he retired into his little pantry and made a most unholy clattering among the plates and knives and forks. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance But aside from this, their speech, habits, customs, religions, food, and pastimes were polyglot; on this account the lines of racial demarkation were apt, at times, to be drawn all too sharply. Flamsted quarries The last I had seen of Brunow was in the middle of a crowd, with whom he was exchanging polyglot congratulations in the height of good spirits and enjoyment. In Direst Peril The diners at Valori's made up the first really polyglot assembly I had ever seen. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile If Miss Martineau were alive now she would hear the works of “this polyglot gentleman” praised on every hand, and would find that a cult had arisen which to her would certainly be quite incomprehensible. Immortal Memories He ran the gamut of vocal conceit, and the polyglot fertility of his fancy simply astounded his rapt auditor. The Holy Cross and Other Tales It seems a strange conception of domestic liberty which makes it rest on a threefold support--divorce at will, an unrestrained printing-press, and the encyclopædic education of polyglot children. Milton But we were recognized in a moment, and in another moment were swept asunder from each other amid such a polyglot babel of voices as I had never heard before. In Direst Peril Here we encountered a polyglot major-domo, who spoke all languages of Europe indifferently ill. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile A parley offered the most ready solution of the difficulty; and the professor—who was a perfect polyglot dictionary in human form—offered to essay the task of conducting it. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure He grafted a sort of Liberalism on to polyglot nationalities. The Masques of Ottawa A sweet polyglot, but hurrying; it has the notes of many birds. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 And so I should have been," replied the polyglot Magin in the same language, mounting the steps of the portico and shaking his friend's hand, "but for—all sorts of things. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Although the Bard delivered this truthful poem off hand, so to speak, in "broken" French, the cosmopolitan, polyglot audience "caught on" and "shipped" the Stratford "poacher" a wave of tumultuous cheers! Shakspere, Personal Recollections When cautioned that he would soon have a polyglot lot of poultry, Alfred, for the first time, weakened on the chicken proposition; more for the reason that he was disgusted with their polygamous propensities. Watch Yourself Go By Below, in the cabin, she could hear the noise of the men as they argued and shouted at each other in a polyglot of three different languages. The Hippodrome De Sylva's incisive accents helped to bridge a moment fraught with possibilities, for it would be idle to assume that this polyglot gathering was composed of Bayards. The Stowaway Girl His garb was the rude one of the West, or rather of that remnant of the Old West which has been consigned to the dry farmers and hay ranchers in these modern polyglot days. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West In more than one respect the polyglot American is antipodal to the Chinese. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America We had been the round of the Greek cafés which flourish in such numbers in Smyrna, where polyglot concerts and the worst features of the café chantant seem never to tire their patrons. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. In the time of the Greek colonists Sicily was polyglot. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series One of the polyglot Old or New Testaments published by Bagster, would be a perfect Encyclopædia, or Panorganon, for such a scheme of coach discipline, upon dull roads and in dull company. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg And my uncle ought to have known, for he was a perfect polyglot dictionary in himself. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth A polyglot Bible was offered for the most perfect recitation of the Catechism, and he won the first prize. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Here the best Christ in Paris grinned satanically as a polyglot howl went up from among the students. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. To classify faces according to nationality was not easy in the polyglot crowds of this East Side line. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story After this they sat together learning a polyglot speech that would serve roughly as a medium of exchange. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa "Is he dumb?" cried the Professor, who was rather proud of his polyglot knowledge of languages, and made the same demand in French. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth The place was like a fair—a jumble of huts and shanties and ragged canvas tents, with narrow, irregular lanes between them, in which the polyglot traders bought and sold. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood They drove slowly off along the hot and crowded street, with its long-drawn-out tangle of polyglot shops, foreign-looking restaurants and delicatessen establishments. Nobody's Man In addition to 2,000 Austrian subjects, the population is of a very polyglot character, who, however much they may have added to the importance, have deprived the town of its national appearance. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels It is positively fatuous and futile to ask the modern man, be he in commerce or science or what not, to become an expert in his particular line of endeavor and a polyglot besides. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education "Parbleu," replied the man, polyglot and cosmopolitan, like most of his class, but a Frenchman, or, more likely from his accent, a Swiss. The Passenger from Calais To her, on board the battered tramp, came gladly the men of power—the men whose spoken word in their polyglot domains was more feared and heeded than decrees of emperors or edicts of kings. The Gun-Brand A group of long-haired, polyglot students hung around the piano, while others played on violins or guitars, which they had brought to contribute to the evening's enjoyment. In Friendship's Guise In reality, Hungary is as polyglot as Austria. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 The teacher presiding over this polyglot community is often, herself, of foreign birth, yet they get on very well together, are very fond of one another, and very happy. New Faces There was no army to meet the blow—nothing but a polyglot rabble without staff or even officers. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Office sailor though he was, Blair Elliston commanded the respect of even the roughest of his polyglot crews—a respect not wholly uncommingled with fear. The Gun-Brand His text is in one sense polyglot, as he has made use of portions of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus," as well as excerpts from Blaze de Bury, Lenau, Widmann, and others who have treated the legend. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers In a polyglot church such as ours this would seem to be a policy worthy of imitation. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems The driver swore a little in the polyglot profanities of his native city, and descending from his box, went and questioned different lights—blue lights, yellow lights, green lights—to be seen at different points. Italian Journeys An hour passed in polyglot expostulations with the stranger on the score of his obstinacy, but all to no purpose; to use a popular expression, he was as dumb as the Doges. Willis the Pilot In a central area sixty feet in diameter tickets to every known point are offered to him by polyglot clerks. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 After listening to a somewhat extravagant speech about the duties of the critic, he said that the dramatic critic ought, apparently, to be a "polyglot archangel." Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" I'm afraid the polyglot avengers will quarrel among themselves. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. It is a mixture, in about equal parts, of German, English, French, Spanish, and rancheria Indian, a compounded polyglot or lingual pi—each syllable of a word sometimes being derived from a different language. What I Saw in California Such a jolly, rampant, screaming, fighting, maddening, jostling, polyglot, quarrelling, laughing broth of a Vanity Fair! Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People His was a fossil face, the serious cast of which was counteracted by that wrinkled mobility of the polyglot which verges on grimace. The Man Who Laughs The varnished furniture, the sham mahogany, the purple plush upholstery, the gilt French clock, the dirty bust of Abraham Lincoln and the polyglot law library checked the tender word and the generous impulse. Kimono Triangles are of three kinds, the equilateral or three-sided, the quadrilateral or four-sided, and the multilateral or polyglot. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations I swore that they should hear me yet, and proudly turned my back On polyglots in swallowtails, and left the beaten track.... Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 But they love it—they adore music, they take such comfort out of it, that one is forced to forgive this lack of ear and this polyglot pitch, or else be considered a churl. Abroad with the Jimmies Still it offered in its catalogues a good course of study and gave exhibitions, at which polyglot orations were delivered. The History of University Education in Maryland On the whole, we are inclined to forgive him the polyglot lumber of his chapter on the Evil Eye in consideration of the scenery and galleries which he has spared us. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 They were from the slums of that polyglot seaport town Antwerp, which Belgians say is anything but real Belgium. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Here is the true gateway to the city—below it the polyglot of Europe; above, the amalgam which makes America. Madcap French and Italian restaurants appear to predominate, but the number of other places, including Spanish, Greek, Mexican, Hungarian and Slavonic—not to mention Chinese—makes the array a long and polyglot one. Fascinating San Francisco The compartment was filled for some ten minutes or more by an excited, gesticulating, polyglot mob of half a dozen, all talking at once in French, English, and Italian. The Rome Express He attempted a polyglot novel, also a biblical tale on the subject of Joseph, which he destroyed on observing that the hero did nothing but pray and weep. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Mrs. Shallum, though in command of but a few verbs, all of which, on her lips, became irregular, managed to express a polyglot personality as vivid as her husband's was effaced. The Custom of the Country Then, too, what comfort a jumbling of many languages brought to the patient, especially if the polyglot cure were expressed in rhythmic lines. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 At that time the police control of the large polyglot population of Staten Island had become very lax, and scarcely a household but had its rifle or pistols and ammunition. The War in the Air The King was unable to attend, but the naval pilots carried out their part of the programme very creditably considering the polyglot nature of their sea-planes. The Mastery of the Air If, however, his understanding develops as it promises to do, he will become a decided polyglot. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine But the part I have chosen for myself don't require the polyglot. Greenmantle Palmer—partly by nature, partly through early experience in the polyglot tenement district of New York—had more aptitude for language than had Susan. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd, so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out. Dracula "We are a polyglot lot who come from there." The Avenger The phrase "get there"--it was almost the only English which poor Tulp had put into the polyglot sentence he really uttered--arrested my attention. In the Valley Palestine was not a secluded valley of barbarians; it was an open province of a polyglot empire, overrun with all sorts of people of all kinds of education. Alarms and Discursions She knew him: a big, hearty, bearded Bavarian, polyglot, intensely scientific, with a rolling deep voice. The Leopard Woman The captain swear again, polyglot, and the thin man make him bow, and thank him, and say that he will so far intrude on his kindness as to come aboard before the sailing. Dracula The races in the circus, the variety entertainments and bloodshed of the amphitheatre had captured the favour of the polyglot, pampered multitude that must have formed such a large proportion of a Roman audience. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal My companion was of the impression that the distinctly British settlements, like those of Massachusetts and Virginia, were far more powerful and promising than my own polyglot province. In the Valley The polyglot people that one meets on great international highways of travel are linguists only in the sense that the moke on the variety stage who plays a dozen instruments equally badly is a musician. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene I like well our polyglot construction-stamp, and the retention thereof, in the broad, the tolerating, the many-sided, the collective. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The captain swore polyglot, very polyglot, polyglot with bloom and blood, but he could do nothing. Dracula Thwarted love makes a man a polyglot, and grief transforms him into a diviner and a sorcerer. Amiel's Journal I began conversing with him in my polyglot manner. Remarks Then they quitted the house, followed by the polyglot curses of Barlasch, who was now endeavouring to find his bayonet amidst his chaotic possessions. Barlasch of the Guard |
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