• RQG@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I will often remember a word in the wrong language. I speak English and German fluently and my brain will often remember the word in the other language if the current language one is not verfügbar.

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      Same. My native language is spanish but I codeswitch with english and italian so much I end up with some real fucked up sentences sometimes. Especially when what I mean would more easily be expressed in a word that does not exist in the language I’m speaking at the moment. End up orbiting the word as best I can and probably making it harder on myself than it would be if I were to just bypass that word.

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      Same, it makes learning languages really hard. For various reasons I speak about 4 languages badly, but only one language well. Whenever I have to speak in one of the other four it ends up as a melange of all four at the same time and it’s a nightmare.

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      I speak English fluently and 3 others at a “I could probably survive in a country where that language is official” level and the weird thing is that Ill forget the word for something in one, remember what it is in another which then prompts me to remember what it was in the original language most of the time. i.e. it is self correcting to an extent

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    And they think it’s a really esoteric word so they’re like “sombrero? bowler? tophat?” and you’re like “hat! That’s it he was wearing a hat!”

    I have to tell people “it’s a normal everyday word and I’m having a brain fart” and then they’re like “… food?” “Yeah!”

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    I recently got diagnosed with “you’re showing signs of it, so let’s take the test and see” so I’ve been poking around places like here. Some of the things on here… damn I feel seen.

  • eagleth@reddthat.com
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    Oh that’s an adhd thing… had no idea. I guess that explains my language difficulties though.

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      Word of warning: the key word for many ADHD (and other mental disorders) is the word “often”. Most people forget where they left their keys or wallet, most people ramble from time to time, and most people feel rejected from constructive criticism from time to time. When it happens so frequently it becomes a hindrance to day to day life and significantly decreases performance and quality of life when compared to other, seemingly “normal” people, that’s when it might be time to book an appointment with the doctor.

      Disclaimer: IANAD. Just ADHD, GAD, szpd and depression.

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    It’s even worse when you have to play it in a different language. Me an English speaker forgets the Japanese word has to play ADHD charades in Japanese only to find out the listener new the English to begin with.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Can you get the thing so I can put the thing in the thing please? -describing grabbing the oven dish so I can put the dish in the oven

  • RQG@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I will often remember a word in the wrong language. I speak English and German fluently and my brain will often remember the word in the other language if the current language one is not verfügbar.