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1. Thor, the Norseman has moved! (thor@snabeltann.no)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2017 18:17:01 EST Thor, the Norseman has moved!

   A thread on Reddit made me realise that people who are monolingual don't know how being bilingual affects your inner monologue. The answer? It switches back and forth. Makes me a bit skeptical of the Saphir-Worf hypothesis to be frank, because I can think about something and instantly speak of it in either language. Also, I often have an abstract idea in my head before I can remember the word for it. That's symbolic thinking without language, isn't it?

   1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (infernalturtle@gnusocial.no)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2017 18:44:49 EST Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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      @thor Maybe it's more of a memetic thing: that languages may be capable of spreading certain ideas more quickly than others depending on specialized vocabulary.