default language
Feb. 20th, 2020 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
itrytobein a discussion about native languages, the professor asked my class, "what language do you use for taking notes? a shopping list, for example?" and obviously the logical answer would be your native language. but... of course i'm weird about it.
the language i default to, that i automatically use without thinking, is English (probably not my native language). but a lot of the time i write down random notes in French (definitely not my native language) just because. my shopping lists are mostly in French (in part because i usually use French recipes) with a few items in humorously misspelled English, one thing that i always write in Russian (very much not my native language) and one thing i usually write in Chinese (extremely not my native language).
if i use Finnish (one of my native languages), it's because i feel the need to practice. i hardly ever use Dutch (my other native language) at all.
the language i default to, that i automatically use without thinking, is English (probably not my native language). but a lot of the time i write down random notes in French (definitely not my native language) just because. my shopping lists are mostly in French (in part because i usually use French recipes) with a few items in humorously misspelled English, one thing that i always write in Russian (very much not my native language) and one thing i usually write in Chinese (extremely not my native language).
if i use Finnish (one of my native languages), it's because i feel the need to practice. i hardly ever use Dutch (my other native language) at all.
