Yeah. And English is basically the lingua franca in my world. It's easy not to think too hard about it all.
[Steven sighs and runs his fingers through his hair, away from his face.]
I know when I use certain words in Spanish, they don't translate over, but is it because the pokeworld lingua franca is English? Or is it because I specifically want to use those words in Spanish? It could be either, really. It feels like if you concentrate really hard you can short-circuit the whole 'translation effect' and that's about the same amount of effort I just put into speaking English just then--but it is the language I default to unconsciously and there's a chance that the 'translation effect' only works on your unconscious default language.
Ugh...even as much as I love learning new things, this is giving me a headache just thinking about it. It's too confusing, and it doesn't seem like there's any good ways to confirm anything.
That said...I don't really know if I have an unconscious default language. I grew up speaking both Fodlish and Almyran interchangeably, since I had parents with a foot in both worlds. I suppose I've spoken Fodlish almost exclusively for the past six years or so while I've been in Fodlan, and surrounded by people who don't know any Almyran, and I'm still with people here and now where that remains the case. But does that make it my personal default, or just what I'm using situationally?
Agh, we should probably just stop thinking about this before our heads explode.
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[Steven sighs and runs his fingers through his hair, away from his face.]
I know when I use certain words in Spanish, they don't translate over, but is it because the pokeworld lingua franca is English? Or is it because I specifically want to use those words in Spanish? It could be either, really. It feels like if you concentrate really hard you can short-circuit the whole 'translation effect' and that's about the same amount of effort I just put into speaking English just then--but it is the language I default to unconsciously and there's a chance that the 'translation effect' only works on your unconscious default language.
Basically, Claude, it's a goddamn mess.
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That said...I don't really know if I have an unconscious default language. I grew up speaking both Fodlish and Almyran interchangeably, since I had parents with a foot in both worlds. I suppose I've spoken Fodlish almost exclusively for the past six years or so while I've been in Fodlan, and surrounded by people who don't know any Almyran, and I'm still with people here and now where that remains the case. But does that make it my personal default, or just what I'm using situationally?
Agh, we should probably just stop thinking about this before our heads explode.
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