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Being bilingual is fun because you get to short circuit in two languages instead of one!

Aside from regular brain malfunctions, you can learn a concept for the first time in your second language so your brain will automatically default to that language instead when talking about it, you can substitute native conjuctions in favor of the second language's and slash all meaning from your sentences for an interlocutor, AND you can feel like you're getting worse at BOTH languages every time you open your mouth to verbalize!

I've also spoken in some amalgamation of different English accents and phrases from all over the world since elementary school. It has gotten me many a weird look.

I forget common words, use words nobody around me knows, and all in all I just come off very incongruent.

Im almost unable to swoon over characters in dutch (native language.) i swear if i read legendborn in dutch i would find almost everyone 'eh.' im reading a dutch book again and it's always a jumpscare dude no one is attractive in dutch 🧍🏼‍♀️

being bilingual/spanish speaking english.

and say, in all normality: so last summer I was raped-

everybody: ... *stares in horror*

I meant shaved. but in spanish it's rapado, so…