What language do you think in?

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What language do you think in?

Curious to know what language or languages you think in?

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I do apologise in advance if your language is not on the poll. A slight issue when we have over 4000 languages in the world and the poll only accommodates 16 entries. Hopefully i've covered all my bases and your option is there.

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Enochian.

i think in... gangsta....

Reply 4

Iggy Azalea

English, Spanish, Afrikaans mixture.

Reply 5

godd

Original post by Iggy Azalea

English, Spanish, Afrikaans mixture.

So how does that work? What determines which one you think in at a particular moment in time?

Reply 6

Iggy Azalea

Original post by godd

So how does that work? What determines which one you think in at a particular moment in time?

I tend to think in English for most of the time, but as soon as I hear any Spanish my mind starts to wonder into Spanish and it tends to stick like that. The same applies to a lesser extent to Afrikaans.

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It's not on there.

Original post by Stinkum

It's not on there.

I've covered all options! :wink:

But which language is it?

Reply 11

AstroNandos

I think in American 100% of the time.

Reply 12

godd

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Mostly spanish because it's my mother tongue even though I was born and have grown up in the UK.

Surely if you were born and grew up in the UK and went to an english medium school, your English would be much stronger than your Spanish you picked up from home?

Unless you went back to Spain/Mexico/South America and schooled there a bit?

Reply 13

arami

depends who im talking too, to the fam in guarani and when at college in english, im fluent in 4 languages so as im typing now im thinking in english as i have to answer in english

Reply 14

godd

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Actually, no. I'm perfectly bilingual. I obviously picked up english in school, but at home I am only allowed to speak in spanish to my parents which forced my siblings and I to master both languages. I have never been schooled in Spain although we do go back regularly to visit family.

I don't think anyone is perfectly bilingual, there is always one language dominant over the other. So why do you think in spanish over english?

Reply 15

tehFrance

I think in both English and French with French being my go to when I'm angry at someone.

Reply 16

username941859

Original post by godd

I don't think anyone is perfectly bilingual, there is always one language dominant over the other. So why do you think in spanish over english?

No some people are. People who have been introduced to two languages from a very early age can be perfectly bilingual.

Reply 17

kdizzle97

I normally think in English but at home after speaking to my mum I think in Spanish and sometimes when I'm annoyed or pissed off I think in Spanish..

Reply 18

godd

Original post by Calllu-m

No some people are. People who have been introduced to two languages from a very early age can be perfectly bilingual.

I think the only way someone can be perfectly bilingual is if they are educated through a process called "bilingual education". Where they are taught subjects such as maths and chemistry in both languages.

If you speak a language at home and speak another in school, I can bet my house the language you speak in school will be stronger. Thus you would think in your dominant language i.e. the one from school.