a person who knows and uses several languages
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf.com
Xenophobia keeps rhyming: “We have been apt, in the past, to pride ourselves in the ‘melting pot,’ but Theodore Roosevelt once warned: ‘Don't mistake the melting pot for a polyglot boarding house.’ And it becomes clear that for some time past the melting pot has not been working.” SciAm, 1919
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seattle books
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📚A polyglot of foreign proverbs (1968, iv, 579 pages ; 23 cm.)
✍️Henry G. Bohn (Henry George), 1796-1884
🔍Proverbs
✅1 copy, in-library use only
📖Reference
📍Central Library (🌀Book Spiral)
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Jacob Laguerre
@jacoblaguerre.com
Want to learn multiple languages? Forget boring word lists! 🛑 The key to being a polyglot is input for learning and output for using it. Consistency trumps intensity! Ready to begin? Check out the blog post for more tips!
https://jacoblinks.com/VZlG
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