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It takes more effort to tell two language apart when you understand both of them (fedia.io)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm fully bilingual (learned both languages at the same time) and that is not my experience at all. For me it is 100% subconscious. I just automatically speak the appropriate language for the situation I'm in without thinking about it.

In fact if I try to consciously speak the "wrong" language for the situation I'm in it feels very weird and it takes a lot of effort to not mix up the pronunciation.

Dreaming/inner thoughts work the same way. The language is always automatic based on context.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The inner thought part is also the case for me. For example, when browsing lemmy, my thoughts go to English and revert back only when I read/talk my normal language.