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I'm Vietnamese, some of us prefer English as it lack the formality for pronouns, those who have studied oversea are even more likely to use English in their dai
by coconut_crab 9y ago
I'm Vietnamese, some of us prefer English as it lack the formality for pronouns, those who have studied oversea are even more likely to use English in their daily conversation.
(interestingly, my friends point out that I seem to have different personality when using English instead of my mother language)
- samastur 9y agoI am a native Slovenian speaker who speaks a bunch of different languages to varying degrees of "speak". I definitely feel each of them changes my personality somewhat in its own way. I assume part of it is due the language used and part due to cultural traits you pick up when you learned it. Would be surprised if there was no feedback loop between language and cultures that use it.
- masklinn 9y ago> interestingly, my friends point out that I seem to have different personality when using English instead of my mother language You may be interested in this thread from a few weeks back with numerous people testifying to that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13758623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13758623