Word: polyglotism
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...gentleman was Dr. Rudolph Matas, born at Bonnet Carre, near New Orleans. His parents, Spaniards, sent him to Barcelona, Spain, then to Paris, for his early training. Later he studied in Texas, Louisiana, Mexico. His has been a polyglot and cosmopolitan education. In 1880 he began his practice of surgery at New Orleans...
...tendency to quantity production, to wear out the orchestra and singers: there is no French wing to speak of, no chance for the American artist. He makes no excuses, that imperturbable impresario with his thumbs in his armpits. But he knows, and others know, that for such a polyglot community there is the minimum amount of intrigue, that, as for individual singers, the world is at fault, producing less than it did once, but that he has nearly all the best obtainable. . . . The American artist? Mr. Gatti heaves a mighty sigh. He might quote a few figures, that...
...Polish Jew claims to be the greatest linguist in the world because, in order to suceed in business in that polyglot section of the world around the northwest corner of old Germany, the merchant had to speak at least six languages. The Dutch rate high as linguists merely because, being surrounded by five different nations using different tongues, and depending upon them for commercial success, the Hollander is compelled to speak English. German, and French, and to understand Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians. The Swiss merchant must do business in French. English, German, and Italian and does. The Dutchman in Ceylon...
...newspaper publisher is murdered in Canton, Ohio (TIME, July 26). However, there is one town which has recently raised the visceral tension of the righteous about once a month. That town is Cicero, Ill., a Utopian nook for the twins. Here on the western fringe of Chicago is a polyglot population of 62,000-Irishmen, Italians, Sicilians, Slavs and many another tribe. The Western Electric Co. employs thousands of them; other industries are near and plentiful. But it is to the gangs of the Bad Lands that Cicero owes its headline glamor. Up and down its streets, fiery Sicilians...
...head of the Congress was Lovett Fort Whiteman. He visited Russia a year ago. He is said to be the Reddest of the Blacks. He is well educated, a polyglot, an orator. He told the Congress...