technically my first language is english, but i also grew up speaking portuguese and english.

although people say i speak portuguese better, i see the advantage that i can communicate with most of the americas. (except for those who don’t speak either language or canadians who only know French)

  • Wörk@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Potentially Germany, where I grew up we said “Two idiots - one thought”. We have quite a lot if regional variety in these things.

    My personal experience is that I just translate one idiom from one language / culture to the other without realising and still expect ppl. to know what I mean.

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      My personal experience is that I just translate one idiom from one language / culture to the other without realising and still expect ppl. to know what I mean.

      That often works in my experience, and can lead to funny moments