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This post is about an interesting phenomenom that happens to some people that speaks multiple language. Since our class is very diverse and everyone speak different language, I would like to ask if this phenomenon happens to you.
The phenomenon is basically that depens on the language that you speak you have different personality. For instnace if you speak english you act in a different way that if you speak Japanese.
In my personal life it happens all the time, when I speak japanese normally I become very respectul and I tried not to be loud, I act more politely and I even bow more often. On the other hand when I speak english I tend to be way more louder talk about different topics and dont care that much about people around me. And on the top of that when I speak spanish I act more funny and my necesity for party start right in the moment!!!!
All this happens without even noticed it that much! What u guys think?
hmmm interesting. I speak German, English, Japanese, and a little French. While I have not noticed my personality to change completely I have indeed noticed that it seems to be easier to express certain things in different languages. German for example is a very detailed language and doing academic speeches etc can get to a very high level. While English, at least to me, can be a very casual language so sometimes I even use english expressions when I talk to my German friends (and even though my native language is German). As for my Japanese and French...I am not as fluent as in German and English so this might also influence my "perosnality" to some extend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Lixi!
ReplyDeleteNice! For me is same, my personality (deeply) of coruse doesnt change but in general my behavior and way of communication changes. So what I noticed is my friends from Spain who came to Japan when they see me speaking japanese always told me how different I act!