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02/28/08 23:45
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#151640 - My mother tongue...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
.. is Hungarian, but was being brought up in a bilingual family (my father is Polish but we spoke Slovak when we were all together). However, since I did not use Hungarian except to talk to my relatives, which I now see very seldom (plus to a few business partners), I switched over to Slovak completely. As it was my mother to whom I talked in Hungarian most of the time, I never learned to curse in this language; I also never learned technical language and the modern expressions the young people are using.

I have no problem to think in either language (and, when talking to somebody for a longer time, also in English - or that malformed version uf it I use), but I never mix them. I also never mix words of one language into the other, except when it has a special meaning and the usage is evident from the context.

My dreams are usually without any words (and most often black-and-white)... :-)

Jan Waclawek

List of 40 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
to the bi-/multilingual friends            01/01/70 00:00      
   I don't think in english...            01/01/70 00:00      
   I'm not bilingual but. (yet)...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Here is how to find            01/01/70 00:00      
         TOTALLY untrue - unless 'everybody' excludes me            01/01/70 00:00      
            You looks like a master piece :))            01/01/70 00:00      
               Both            01/01/70 00:00      
               I only curse in English ... but not often.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  My mother tongue...            01/01/70 00:00      
            TOTALLY untrue , I HATE the bold letters            01/01/70 00:00      
               no 'wants'            01/01/70 00:00      
               if you hate bold letters ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Who 'wants'            01/01/70 00:00      
               Which?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  No contradiction            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Dreams and shrinks            01/01/70 00:00      
                        if you\'re aware            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Which do you want?            01/01/70 00:00      
         I'll skip the bucket..            01/01/70 00:00      
   Yes            01/01/70 00:00      
      A different situation            01/01/70 00:00      
         What language is dominant            01/01/70 00:00      
            makes me remember            01/01/70 00:00      
               Ouch            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sometimes it is expedient            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Käveleksehdityttää =            01/01/70 00:00      
                  That once was a serious problem at home.            01/01/70 00:00      
            Its the crisis which desides the truth            01/01/70 00:00      
         Depends            01/01/70 00:00      
   Finnish - Swedish and English            01/01/70 00:00      
      Welcome to tower of Babel            01/01/70 00:00      
         English, Telegu, Hindi ..            01/01/70 00:00      
            I wasn't implying you are whining            01/01/70 00:00      
   I switch without really noticing.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Bavarian and Hochdeutsch            01/01/70 00:00      
         quite an acomplishment            01/01/70 00:00      
            It takes lots of time ... and being young helps            01/01/70 00:00      
         I've almost completely forgotten            01/01/70 00:00      
            It's not just words ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                not just words ya            01/01/70 00:00      

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