You are stretching my brain, amoken! I think I have my own language much more than I recognize because I interpret into English so often to communicate with others that that interpretation is very natural and not very noticeable.
Part of my reason for the poll was that it is a noticeable effort most of the time when I translate into English. When I was using Spanish more (and I was never fluent!) some concepts were more quickly translated into Spanish, which was odd. And a Russian coworker has said that he finds it easier to understand technical concepts in English because most of his technical education was in English.
Also, I am much quicker at expressing in written English than I am in spoken English. I may be better at understanding too, but I am better at remembering aural input than visual input, so it's hard to tell over the longer term. Some day I will be able to tie this all together to understand what's going on in my fat head.
Also, I am much quicker at expressing in written English than I am in spoken English.
i was going to say, "me too!" i thought about it more, though, and for me it depends on what i'm expressing. i tend to like to think i express written thoughts in a very structured, outline-ish format. if the topic lends itself to that, then writing is faster (and lacking in "ums.") but there have been many times that i have written for pages and pages and then said f-it and done it aloud instead.
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Also, I am much quicker at expressing in written English than I am in spoken English. I may be better at understanding too, but I am better at remembering aural input than visual input, so it's hard to tell over the longer term. Some day I will be able to tie this all together to understand what's going on in my fat head.
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i was going to say, "me too!" i thought about it more, though, and for me it depends on what i'm expressing. i tend to like to think i express written thoughts in a very structured, outline-ish format. if the topic lends itself to that, then writing is faster (and lacking in "ums.") but there have been many times that i have written for pages and pages and then said f-it and done it aloud instead.
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