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Does anyone else speak a mix of their languages ever? (lemmings.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Like I speak English and Portuguese, learning Dutch, and (not doing it for the sake of a primarily English-speaking community) but I will often switch between the two, like saying "Bom dia/Oi" to someone or "Tchau!"

I may also falar assim and I don't do it to show off, it's just comfortable pra mim. I will mix in a few português words. (Not exactly like this but YKWIM, maybe).

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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

White washed (westernised) Arabs do usually speak in a specific language but substitute specific words in the other language
I really hate this though as it causes the speaker to only know each word in one of the language which basically means they can speak neither properly

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Totally agreed, but that doesn't only apply to arabs, as I personally notice a lot of italians (for example) doing it (mixing english with italian), and for both the motives are different whether it is globalization, colonization or the famous sense of western and/or white supermacy.

    Personally i only do code switching with other multi-linguals, but other than that it would only seem pretentious and not very polite.

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