posted in Asklemmy
Does speaking a second language make you feel emotionally detached?
For example you might use swear words casually or come off as insensitive without even realizing it. Your intention might be to give an empathetic or thoughtful response, but instead, you just sound cold
Have you ever experienced this?
Replying to @Sapphy@lemmy.ml
Never. You just need to learn the social weight of the words you use in the context your in. I’ve heard 10 year olds shouting the F word in class and their teacher never batted an eye because they didn’t speak English there. Caught me off guard, but nobody “gets” that it’s bad. It’s just a funny sound people say a lot in foreign films to them. Someday they’ll embarrass themselves in an English speaking country and figure it out.
Replying to @Eggyhead@lemmy.world
True, though it’s pretty normal (and unfortunate) for kids to swear like sailors in their native language
But what I’m actually referring to is the psychological feeling of just being less emotionally attached to your second language when you speak it no matter how old you become