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Being German, my native tongue has sort of a reputation for being overly analytical and rational. Still, English has long since become at least an equal partner
by skore 15y ago
Being German, my native tongue has sort of a reputation for being overly analytical and rational. Still, English has long since become at least an equal partner in my own head, and when developing or even just sitting at my computer, it has long surpassed German in usage.
I find English in itself to be very comfortable to think in, but this article made me realize that it may be more about not having to think in German than it is having the privilege to think in English.
- xtracto 15y agoFor me (native Spanish speaker), English is the language of work. That's mainly because I used it for my MSc, PhD and a postdoc. During that time I only used Spanish to speak to my wife. Moreover, all the technology reading I do is in English. Now that I am back in Mexico, I feel funny discussing work related issues in Spanish.