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Picture of calcoastsurfer
Registered: September 06, 2003
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I have always wondered this about people. My mom grew up in Hong Kong speaking chinese and then she came over here when she was maybe 14 or 15. Now she speaks english better than she speaks chinese. on the other hand, my friend's mom lived in france until she was maybe in her mid 30's and she still has a heavy accent, but she speaks english very well. i have always wondered if people think in the language they are fluent in or the language they first learned.
Registered: October 12, 2002
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My fiend and I do that too! I speak in German and she speaks in Spanish but we always have to add words in english that we dont know!

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Registered: April 20, 2003
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that's so cool i can't wait till I know another language fluently. by the way I wonder what language people who are deaf think in, or a person who's never been around other people and doesn't speak anything...
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Registered: November 06, 2003
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Sunset, that is so cool.
I speak...Frenglish...with my one friend, basically speaking French and putting in English words if I don't know them or if it just sounds funny. I don't know why we do it...I guess it's funny and fun to do, more interesting. And someimes when I've been doing it I will think a thought or two in French. It's really cool. My mom lived in France for a few months when she was younger and she said you start to think and dream in French.
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Registered: October 17, 2003
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I came from France and Germany, than moved to CA. If I speak in German or French I think in German or French. Same if I'm talking in Enlish. I'm pretty fluent in all of these languages. So, it's not to hard for me.
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Registered: July 11, 2003
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my grandmaw is bilingual. she was born, raised, and lived in japan until she was in her 30's. She moved to America after having my uncle then had my mom. She speaks american pretty fluent. But she thinks in japanese because when she is talking to herself (like when she's thinking aloud) she is mumbling japanese. it is really funny when she gets mad she'll curse in japanese.
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Registered: December 13, 2002
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It depends. My friend's mom grew up in Germany, and moved here in her mid-20's. She's tri-lingual (German, French and English), and because she's spoke all three for so long, she thinks in all three. When she speaks German, she thinks in German, but when she speaks French, she thinks in French. It's pretty cool.
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