Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me.
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Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think.
When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.
People who grow up with two or more languages understand that each can express certain aspects of reality better than the other.
People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same, as they come from the same throats and lungs.
We are all different human beings, and we all have different backgrounds, and we stem from different social strata. That is what defines how you hear people talk, how you want to quote them when you speak. We all have different fears and doubts and complexes and this is what shapes the way we see other people. Especially characters.
The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself.
When you have those two languages - an analytic one like English and a synthetic, very sensual thing like Russian, you get almost a psychotic sense of humanity that permeates nearly everything. It can help you understand, and it can discourage you, because you see how little can be done.
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