Sir Richard Francis Burton

I have mastered and am quite fluent in 26 languages, by the end of the year I hope to have a total of 30 under my belt, my next conquests will be German, French, Spanish and Pig Latin. I had a friend question why I saved the last four to master, as he said “think of all the new people you could talk to”! I told him its not that I don’t want to talk to more people, its just that I think I have exhausted the ones I have already talked to, in other words I think the world is not ready for more of my drivel.
Sir Richard Francis Burton I believe knew around twenty-one languages, he was an adventure/linguist in fact it is widely believed he translated the ancient Indian text of the Kama Sutra. Word on the street…it is not really true that he was the translator since the original manuscript was in ancient Sanskrit, which he could not read. However, he collaborated with Forster Fitzgerald Arbuth not on the work and provided translations from other manuscripts of later translations. The Kama Shashtra Society first printed the book in 1883 and numerous editions of the Burton translation are in print to this day.
Its odd to know that I have eclipsed Sir Richard in the language arts, I have not done the math but I know in my heart of hearts that I know a lot more words than the guy that has been dead moldering in the grave some 126 years. Written by author and quickly dismissed as bold-faced lies. Kind Regards Sir JWW