cubsfan6506
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I'm surprised by the number of foreigners who think in english. Why do you think in english.
What language do you think in.
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Japanrocks12
tired of being a man
English xcl
Thorbal
not enough ram!
IF I think, I normally do that in German 
. But I have noticed that it I "switch" the language internally if I am abroad or learning new vocabulary for a few days and if someone speaks to me at home I answer in that language and wonder why people look puzzled 
. Which is not the problem if it happens to be English, but at one time I was in Italy and happended to learn Norsk when in the hotel and then talked Norsk to Italians in the supermarket .... funny thing was, the Italian I was talking to then answered me in German ... damned accent .
. But I have noticed that it I "switch" the language internally if I am abroad or learning new vocabulary for a few days and if someone speaks to me at home I answer in that language and wonder why people look puzzled . Which is not the problem if it happens to be English, but at one time I was in Italy and happended to learn Norsk when in the hotel and then talked Norsk to Italians in the supermarket .... funny thing was, the Italian I was talking to then answered me in German ... damned accent .
English, even though it's my third language.
The reason for that is most of my more sophisticated interaction with language is done in English. Hebrew is reserved for daily conversations and newspaper headlines. Books, internet debates, in-depth articles, etc - most of those I do in English.
The result of this is that it's much easier for me to formulate a complex sentence in English than in Hebrew (not that it's hard to do so in Hebrew, but less intuitive).
The reason for that is most of my more sophisticated interaction with language is done in English. Hebrew is reserved for daily conversations and newspaper headlines. Books, internet debates, in-depth articles, etc - most of those I do in English.
The result of this is that it's much easier for me to formulate a complex sentence in English than in Hebrew (not that it's hard to do so in Hebrew, but less intuitive).
AL_DA_GREAT
amour absinthe révolution
Mainly swedish sometimes english.
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
Normally in Romanian... however when I speak in English for too long, I can't get it out of my head. It gets really annoying when I think in a mix of the two. After a long time when I haven't spoken Romanian at all, I will have to make a deliberate effort to think/speak again in Romanian, but if I don't, it will happen anyway, just that much later.
Still, thinking in a mix of two languages is very weird. I sometimes use Romanian grammar with English words, sometimes exactly the opposite.
I'm like Thorbal, I switch to a language and then I have to switch back to my native language.
Still, thinking in a mix of two languages is very weird. I sometimes use Romanian grammar with English words, sometimes exactly the opposite.
I'm like Thorbal, I switch to a language and then I have to switch back to my native language.
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Danish, except if it has to do with civ in any way, then it's English.
Leifmk
Deity
People who are fluent in more than one language will tend to switch which language they're thinking in, depending on what they're using at the time (e.g. if I'm having a conversation or reading a text in English, I think in English while doing it and probably don't switch back to thinking in Norwegian for a little while afterwards). It is not a conscious decision; it just sort of happens.
azzaman333
meh
Inane gibberish.
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
I think in English, since its the only language I know very well. When I was last in Brazil, after two weeks, I began to dream in broken Portuguese, and by the end of my stay, even thought in the little that I knew. If I am exposed to another language for a long time, I'll start to dream/think in it
I don't believe that we think in a language, actually, but that we draw upon language when thinking. By the same token, we draw upon visual images/manipulation when thinking but we don't think in visual systems.
The 'language generator/processor' aspect of our brain is a somewhat distinct part and we're perfectly capable of thinking without actually making use of it. We tie the words to concepts, but we hold concepts separate from words. There are types of brain damage where people lose the ability to access language completely, but they don't lose the ability to think
Chairman Meow
Class IV
Vector calculus.
Kozmos
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Elta
我不会把这种
IF I think, I normally do that in German
Hahaaha! Brazilians allways answer me back in Spanish when I speak Portuguese to them .
joycem10
Deity
This thread reminds me of the classic cold war movie, movie Firefox...
"Remember Major Gant, You MUST think in Russian!"
"Remember Major Gant, You MUST think in Russian!"
