Re: Integrating snippets from other languages into your L1

Jim Henry wrote:
>
> Learning Esperanto has had several effects on my
> English usage -- one I've noticed recently is a ten-
> dency to say things like "I totally don't X" (analogous
> to the usual Esperanto "Mi tute ne ....").  I'm not sure
> what the normal English equivalent would be, but
> "totally don't" still sounds odd to me even though I
> use it sometimes.
Probably "I don't X at all."