I've been living in Spain for 8-9 years now and notice this whenever I go back to visit Canada or even the UK. Interestingly, when we go to foreign places wher

I've been living in Spain for 8-9 years now and notice this whenever I go back to visit Canada or even the UK. Interestingly, when we go to foreign places where English isn't the official language I find that I take on my "Spanish identity", perhaps like this author did when using German in the Czech taxi.