LL-L "Code switching" 2002.10.06 (02) [E]

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From: John M. Tait <jmtait at wirhoose.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.04 (03) [E]

Ron wrote:
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>Gabriele, come on now!  Of course I don't *speak* that many!  In my case
>it's more a matter of theory, memory, connections and resource
availability,
>accumulated over more years than I care to think about.

Speaking about polyglottism, has anyone else heard of Derrick Herning? He
was a schoolteacher in Lerwick when I was at school - now retired - and was
once in the Guiness Book of Records for being able to speak the most
languages of anyone in Europe. I used to think the name 'Herning' was
German - he was a teacher of German, mainly - but he actually comes from
Fife.

John M. Tait.

http://www.wirhoose.co.uk

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Code switching

John Magnus,

I heard of this Derrick Herning and remember that he spoke 22 languages
fluently--I don't know which ones--and that he won some sort of polyglott
prize.  I don't think this was a terribly long time ago.

I think the name Herning is rather rare, but I would not be surprised to
come across it as supposedly "Dutch," (North) "German" or Danish.  Of
course, there is a Danish city called Herning.

Cheers!
Reinhard/Ron

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