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those who consider themselves to speak multiple native languages, how does it impact your culture? what are some advantages/disadvantages you faced? (feddit.cl)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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technically my first language is english, but i also grew up speaking portuguese and spanish.

although people say i speak portuguese better, i see the advantage that i can communicate with most of the americas. (except for those who don’t speak either language or canadians who only know French)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Comparing idioms is fun. "Great minds think alike" has an equivalent which is literally translated as "Idiots have similar thoughts". Kinda reflective of the cultures too: self congratulating vs self deprecating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I love this comparison, In what language do they use the second saying?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Potentially Germany, where I grew up we said "Two idiots - one thought". We have quite a lot if regional variety in these things.

My personal experience is that I just translate one idiom from one language / culture to the other without realising and still expect ppl. to know what I mean.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My personal experience is that I just translate one idiom from one language / culture to the other without realising and still expect ppl. to know what I mean.

That often works in my experience, and can lead to funny moments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Hands down my favorite part of interacting with multilingual/multicultural people.

My boss is Romanian, I’m american, we live in Norway, and speak English with one another at work (Norwegian to customers).

She uses the phrase “running around like a headless chicken” often and I’ll never tell her that I heard the longer “running around like a chicken with their head cut off” version of this, especially in the south, as a kid. I like hers more.