He had picked up languages the way most sailors pick up diseases; languages were his gonorrhoea, his syphilis, his scurvy, his ague, his plague.
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In Salman Rushdie's "The Enchantress of Florence," the protagonist's relationship with languages is depicted in a strikingly vivid manner. The comparison of languages to diseases highlights how he absorbs them effortlessly but with a sense of burden. Just as sailors contract ailments during their travels, he collects languages almost indiscriminately, indicating both an appreciation and a curse tied to this talent. This metaphor suggests that while multilingualism opens doors to new...
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