I recorded this very short spot for the trailer for Michael Erard's upcoming book, Babel No More. This trailer is a multilingual collaboration of polyglots from around the globe, each quoting a line from a section of The of Cardinal Mezzofanti by C.W. Russell. I chose Esperanto because any of the other languages I speak I am not a native, sed mi parolas esperanton tiel denaskulo! ("...but I speak Esperanto like a native!" - Thanks, Spike Milligan! I borrowed your quote, but in Esperanto.)
Strangely enough I am currently reading this book on my new Kindle! And also this morning my @Hyperglot profile on Twitter got a new follower, @mezzofanti...
Erard's book is about prominent polyglots, of whom I am aware of a few of their lives. I can't wait for this book to come out. If you are a linguaphile I recommend you run out and buy it.
For more on my language addiction:
http://www.Hyperglot.me
http://twitter.com/Hyperglot
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