Amazing, but true (Re:actions to the secret vice

>speak --- they just speak; it is the natural truth. (Those
>who are multilingual may switch from system to system
>but each system is its own truth.) [...]
>Dan Sulani
>
You know this is very very true... I can dare say that
language really influences my mood at times... going
from one to another. It is the coding of phrases that
really manages the interaction with others when I speak...
I can be talking on the phone with my brother and suddenly
change to English and the tone changes... usually it has
to do with serious business stuff... but when the conversation
deals with remembering somebody or something from the
past it changes back to Spanish, and interestingly enough
if it has to do with one of our school teachers or administrators
from long ago it comes out again in English... but peers are
talked about in Spanish... my sisters, who were a lot younger
do not do this... for them the Spanish isn't as much of an
influence... I guess. My natural father is Portuguese... after
I went back to the old country after years and years... he now
lives in Spain... I tried speaking with him in Portuguese and
he responded in Spanish... he apologized and said he's not
very good in Portuguese anymore after 15+ years... amazing
enough to me, but it really hit me later, he's got a new life,
and the old days are vague memories, including his mother
tongue... Amazing, but true.

Since,
Jay B.