Josh Coates wrote:
in a similar vein, i've found that learning a 3rd foreign language does
strange things to your brain.
for example, if know spanish, and you are learning cambodian, and you try to
recall the word for food then your brain says "um, well it's not FOOD
because that's english...lemme see, what's the foreign way to say food?
COMIDA, that's right."
when you are really trying to find the word MAHOPE.
I end up with a really interesting mix of English, German, Russian and
Portuguese at times. Leaves some of my Germanic friends scratching
their heads, especially when a couple of Roosky and/or Brazilian words
are included within each conversation string. I then find myself trying
to remember the verbage needed when they catch me on mixups.
I've already forgotten 2 other languages in my old age, so that
simplifies my language mixups somewhat. But come to think of it, I never
really could think to myself in those languages to begin with.
Mister Ed
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