35.1350, Poll 2: Results

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LINGUIST List: Vol-35-1350. Tue Apr 30 2024. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 35.1350, Poll 2: Results

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Date: 30-Apr-2024
From: Erin Steitz [ensteitz at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Poll 2: Results


Dear Linguist List readers,


Thank you to everyone who participated in our second poll!

The time for collecting votes has ended. To recap, we asked about your
experience speaking other languages. The question this week was: How
do you feel when you speak different languages?


We received many submissions from our readers. Here are just a few:

 - "When I speak Swedish, I feel like I'm part of an exclusive club."
 - "When I speak French I feel that my heart is flowing out of my
mouth."
 - "When I speak Telugu I feel like I'm part of their community"
 - "When I speak German, I feel more with it, more intimate, and more
in control. When I speak English, I feel more professional, but also
more detached."
 - "When I speak Arabic, I feel confident and prestigious."

Here we have some submissions that went more in-depth:

 - "Speaking Farsi can evoke a sense of nostalgia, especially if they
have fond memories of their childhood or time spent with family
members who spoke the language. The cadence and rhythm of Farsi can
have a calming and soothing effect, transporting individuals back to a
familiar and comforting place."
 - "I feel comfortable when speaking Mandarin, because it has so many
conventions for dealing with an array of social situations, and I can
usually more or less predict the other person's reaction based on
knowledge of these conventions, and I appreciate that Chinese speakers
usually actively try to be positive and supportive of others in
conversations."
 - "When I am in the US, I feel Jewish. When I am in Israel, I feel
American. When I first arrived in Israel, strangers would approach me
with an offer to buy or sell dollars. At least that doesn't happen any
more. This question reminds me of a story told by Prof. Shlomo Giora
Shoham. He went to Cambridge University in England to study
Criminology. He told one of his professors that he came to Cambridge
to polish his English. That professor replied: 'Totally unnecessary.
Your English is already Polish.'"


The next poll will be coming out soon. Thank you again to all who
participated!

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