Given that the Representative is fluent in Spanish -- and even translated the question for the monoglots in the audience -- I simply cannot see what is the problem with having a citizen speak to a legislator in the language that makes the citizen more comfortable. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It's thought this is because polyglots have better cognitive skill than monoglots. ❋ Unknown (2010)
IT's the point abourt capability that I reject (It's often used) - it's almost as if the Welsh language would be better off if we had more monoglots - whereas I think bilingualism provides insight. ❋ O'Neill (2009)
The way somone expresses themselves is heavily influenced by their cultural heritage – something often lost on monoglots. ❋ Unknown (2008)
You would also deprive we monoglots of an interesting, frequently visited and worthwhile blog. ❋ Glyn Davies (2008)
As I have grown in both understanding and fluency I have been able to glimpse that slightly different way of thinking inherent in the speaking of a different language, a pearl beyond price denied to monoglots everywhere. ❋ Unknown (2007)
A highly placed source told Ordovicius: Some of us on Ofcom Wales were hoping to get a simple block 'Welsh public interest' funding increase for S4C, but it looks very unlikely partly because it might be rather unpopular with monoglots, and with routine opponents of all public spending. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The countries are bonded, more-or-less by the same language which is probably amplified by most Americans (and possibly Britons) being monoglots. ❋ European Tribune (2010)
We are a nation of monoglots, this we know all too well. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Err, maybe it's got something to do with the fact that most of the British population are defiant monoglots, rendering them useless in many if not most EU positions .. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The trick was to pretend, for their own safety, that they were monoglots who didn't speak a word of Arabic. ❋ Ian Black (2010)
You could get a French keyboard if you wanted (strange, considering our reputation as a nation of monoglots), or a British keyboard and a set of user manuals in French, but not a US-English keyboard. ❋ Unknown (2008)
I need to try anyways for you spoiled English monoglots: ❋ Unknown (2008)
His latest book, D'autres vies que la mienne, has been getting rave reviews and will be published here by Serpent's Tail next year; for now, we monoglots will have to be satisfied with A Russian Novel, a description of two years (2000-02) in Carrère's life that brims with ideas and incidents, mingling a failed love affair, a series of journeys to a dismal town in Russia and an investigation into his grandfather's life and death, crammed together into a book that reads like memoir, but is published as fiction. ❋ Josh Lacey (2010)
What about speakers of English (perhaps monoglots) whose ancestors were Ugrian or Basque or what-not? ❋ Unknown (1976)
Does that mean Lozzy that you’d agree that all the English only speaking police officers serving in Wales and in particular North Wales as well as the other monoglots (especially the racist ‘white flighters’ should leave Wales forthwith or do we have to continue to suffer being told by rude ignorant and aggressive anti-Welsh officers to stop speaking our own tongue in our own country? ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)
[the kids] in her [Spanish class] are completely comprised with English monoglot [speaking] students. ❋ The Real Macroverbumsciolist! (2008)
