Quote Originally Posted by Man About Town View Post
It's nothing but a show-off. Anyone can learn a few phrases, put some effort into practicing a proper accent and you are good to go! There are thousands of polyglots like him on the net flaunting their prodigious flare for languages while in fact, I can bet my bottom dollar on it, they didn't even try to study any of those. Well, maybe they did, but didn't get any further than picking up some basics just sufficient to put on a chip show.
Don't be too certain about that...

Collins and Livemocha Launch a Search for the UK’s Most Multilingual Child and Student in Britain - Collins Language

Judging will be conducted over Skype (or equivalent) from the child’s school, or at a location agreed by you, with an accredited judge.


The Judging Process

Throughout November, a relaxed and fun judging process will take place, with nominees chatting to the judges fluent in their individual languages over webcam. The schoolchild and student shown to be conversant in the most languages will be declared the winner.

Judges will be supplied by Collins and the ALL (Association For Language Learning) – the UK’s major subject association for the teaching of foreign languages.