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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is there a word for #180179 11/09/2008 10:46 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Bilingually ambidextrous, other than "incredible"? If this remark from an nyt article is correct, I'm awestruck at the mental agility required to pull it off: Quote: James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for latishya #180184 11/10/2008 6:43 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Simultaneously , but does it also say spontaneously? Or did he rehearse phrase by phrase. Just to imagine this trick makes one's mind split. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for BranShea #180248 11/12/2008 4:01 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Good grief, I couldn't do that in two languages that use the same alphabet! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for Jackie #180254 11/12/2008 6:52 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania No but you can use two syllables when the rest of the world uses only one Jackie! The Pookwife's great grandfather could add up two columns of figures, one with each hand, simultaneously. Technically I could write Greek and Latin simultaneously, but only one letter at a time by using those letters whose form (though not necessarily value) is common to both languages! Like A,B, E, P, etc. Last edited by The Pook; 11/12/2008 6:56 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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