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1. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 18:52:24 JST simsa04

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   • es0mhi
   To me, writing in English comes naturally (irrespective of the grammatical and lexical quality of my sentences). Although it often borders on Denglish, writing in my native tongue always felt awkward and like I'm suffering from autoglossophobia – the fear of one's own langauge. In English I feel far more at ease.
   
   I can understand that people like to switch languages, even in one sentence, in particular when it comes to precision in describing things or evoking feelings. But I rarely do that now. I had this inclination more often when I was more fluent in Spanish than I am today, so that I could switch between three languages. Still, German has been the least favorable one of all three.
   • es0mhi@tilde.zone's status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 18:52:25 JST es0mhi

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     • el

     @el

     Indeed, I wasn't very clear. Let's put it like this: at one moment I decided to write all my posts in English. Lately, however, I started to think about the extent to which this is limiting. It's at least artificial, doesn't necessarily reflect me as I am elsewhere. So how about posting from one account in different languages? Whatever seems most appropriate for the subject at hand. Or even switching languages randomly in one sentence.

     Like you, I don't see much of a problem there, with all the automatic translation aids. I just see few who really do it like this.

     That's why I asked.

   • el (el@tilde.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 18:52:33 JST el

     • es0mhi

     @es0mhi not quite sure what you're describing, are you saying that like an english sentence will randomly have words from another language in them? I mean, we all have to look up words we don't understand in our own languages, it's not that different if you're just typing "define: ___"in google.

     That said, if you're intentionally posting in a specific language, the post can be marked as that language (at least if you're using the website, client support varies) and mastodon has the ability to filter by language.