What accent do you think in? (1 Viewer)
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What I mean to say is, I don't think people from different countries would actually be conscious of the spelling of "rationalis/ze" when they think of the word in their heads...
Speaking of dreams though, do any of you bilingual people find yourselves dreaming in a language that's not your native tongue? Isn't it weird when that happens? For me, I find it really strange when I realise that all the people in my dream were speaking Korean...
What I mean to say is, I don't think people from different countries would actually be conscious of the spelling of "rationalis/ze" when they think of the word in their heads...
Speaking of dreams though, do any of you bilingual people find yourselves dreaming in a language that's not your native tongue? Isn't it weird when that happens? For me, I find it really strange when I realise that all the people in my dream were speaking Korean...
Not spelling, but definitely pronunciation, intonation, accent.
Yeah that's a little odd sometimes when the people I dreamt about don't speak the language in question in real life.
I remember when I lived in Italy at some point I started dreaming in Italian, also strange. Or when I really studied hard for a German exam over the course of a few weeks, I start dreaming partially in German, partially in English and partially in Dutch. Wake up with a headache
Yeah that's a little odd sometimes when the people I dreamt about don't speak the language in question in real life.
I remember when I lived in Italy at some point I started dreaming in Italian, also strange. Or when I really studied hard for a German exam over the course of a few weeks, I start dreaming partially in German, partially in English and partially in Dutch. Wake up with a headache
Australian 
Though I do question whether people actually think in accents as opposed to languages.
People definitely have a 'heart language' that they think/dream in, but accents? Hmmm...
Though I do question whether people actually think in accents as opposed to languages.
People definitely have a 'heart language' that they think/dream in, but accents? Hmmm...
By the way, not only do I think in several languages, I also find myself thinking in another way in each language.
Better in way that it is more linguistal, I don't know how to express it, but I feel that American-English is just simplified English. So when it comes to English it has to be the original language. It is exactly like taking away the u from colour or others.
Swedish has mammoth words, I wonder why it is absent in Norwegian.
Swedish has mammoth words, I wonder why it is absent in Norwegian.
Fair enough; it's just that so much of the discussion here is discussing spelling
Ahh yes, but only to a certain extent. I'm far more comfortable with English than I am with Korean, and whenever I have to speak Korean, it has to be consciously translated before it comes out of my mouth. The reason I find it strange is that I thought dreams were supposed to be fully subconscious, so such complex tasks should be beyond the scope of dreams.
I agree that all this stuff happens in the head, but I can't help but think it's one 'tier' below the words themselves in the mind. What I mean is, I think at the least conscious level, an American and an Australian's thoughts would be equal in thinking out a sentence in their heads, and other things like pronunciation and intonation only become involved when these words actually need to be converted to speech.
:LOL: that's gotta hurt
That's interesting. Have there been recorded cases of people forgetting a whole language, but completely retaining the ability to speak/read another?
That's fascinating. I've always been interested in linguistics, particularly examples where certain words don't exist in certain languages, thereby making it impossible for that concept to exist in that society.
Even as I type this, I'm thinking of an example in the Korean language that doesn't exist in English, but by the nature of the whole phenomenon, it's just impossible to try and explain, because my only vehicle of explanation would be the English language.
Ahh yes, but only to a certain extent. I'm far more comfortable with English than I am with Korean, and whenever I have to speak Korean, it has to be consciously translated before it comes out of my mouth. The reason I find it strange is that I thought dreams were supposed to be fully subconscious, so such complex tasks should be beyond the scope of dreams.
I agree that all this stuff happens in the head, but I can't help but think it's one 'tier' below the words themselves in the mind. What I mean is, I think at the least conscious level, an American and an Australian's thoughts would be equal in thinking out a sentence in their heads, and other things like pronunciation and intonation only become involved when these words actually need to be converted to speech.
I remember when I lived in Italy at some point I started dreaming in Italian, also strange. Or when I really studied hard for a German exam over the course of a few weeks, I start dreaming partially in German, partially in English and partially in Dutch. Wake up with a headache
That's interesting. Have there been recorded cases of people forgetting a whole language, but completely retaining the ability to speak/read another?
That's fascinating. I've always been interested in linguistics, particularly examples where certain words don't exist in certain languages, thereby making it impossible for that concept to exist in that society.
Even as I type this, I'm thinking of an example in the Korean language that doesn't exist in English, but by the nature of the whole phenomenon, it's just impossible to try and explain, because my only vehicle of explanation would be the English language.