My babble of Babel

[solomita]

Why is it that, when I try to speak German, I constantly use words from Spanish for no good reason? "Wasser con gas" is not right. My brain just can't keep them separate. (I'm connecting in Frankfurt)

Comments

[giandujabird]

Heh, I sometimes accidentally mix French with Spanish, y vice versa.

[owlmoose]

Whenever I'm in another country, I want to speak German. Doesn't matter what country I'm in. I think my brain just thinks that "foreign language mode" = German.

[syringavulgaris]

It's a Knowing Multiple Languages Without Ultra-Fluency problem. In Italian class this semester, whenever I couldn't think of a word, my brain would spew out the German term instead. NOT HELPFUL.

[solomita]

Glad to see it's not just me!