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arfie
arfie
Most mornings I read two passages from meditation readers. One in English, one in whatever language I am studying. In recent years my language studies have been lackadaisical, so the second reading is typically Spanish. I read Spanish almost as naturally as I do English.

I hate translating between human languages. My poetic flares get me into serious trouble in that science. Still... Often the foreign language reading is the one I wish I could share. Today would be one of those days. Paranoia of bi-lingual grammar nazis has me terrified to tempt any lurking red pens, so I am not offering up the source. Sue me...
arfie
arfie
Yikes!!! The digi goblins ate the translation!!!

Oh well. Guess they saved me from that law suit.

Sorry guys? The Cosmos have spoken???
LoveAlice
LoveAlice
I can only read in one language lol. Even my Spanish is super rough.

"Bilingual grammar nazis" ...I like that lol.

I would hope you wouldn't find any here!
arfie
arfie
Bi-lingual grammar nazis are more than twice as mean as mono-lingual grammar nazis. Multi-linguials, not so much. Being that petty in more than two languages seems to be more that the human brain can handle.
yadlim
yadlim
lol!!!
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Hey, arfie, you know I live in those 2 languages too, and half of my job at work is teaching Spanish at the community college. The other half being teaching those death and classes to nursing students. Odd job, I know.

But certain topics are better accessed sometimes by English expression and other times by Spanish expression. My primary doctor, for example, is a Salvadoran who is fluent in English but we have our appointments in Spanish. It's not that he's better that way, it's that I've spoken up better for myself when PTSD leaves me tongue tied in a doctor's office. So that's how I demanded and got physical therapy, which is a big start.

Glad to hear you read meditations in both languages every day!
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