English is my native language. I’m reasonably fluent in some parts of life in French but I feel like if I were to try to have a deeper conversation about something like emotions I would struggle to find the right words. Is that kind of what makes it easier for you non-native speakers that are identifying with this post?
I couldn’t find the exact article I read before, but I found one talking about how processing discomfort through an L2 was less emotionally distressing than in the native lang
I only swear in English because swearing in my own language makes it more dirty somehow . Also I only speak English online because no one else wouldn’t understand shit otherwise .
Similar here, my partner and I are mostly talking in English for non-important/silly stuff and switch to French when things said are serious/important. A way to separate real/serious from joking/sarcasm.
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