If only Basil Fawlty had learnt a little Spanish.
Psychologists have discovered that people take on the characteristics of foreign nationals when they switch into their language – and such a change in the embittered hotel owner could well have improved life for the hapless Manuel.
The personality changes, however, run deeper than a desire to gesticulate wildly when talking in Italian or to plunge into gloom when speaking Russian. According to research, using different languages alters basic characteristics traits such as extroversion and neuroticism.
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Wat zou kunnen verklaren waarom ik in Amerika veel vlotter en opener ben en niet zo’n sociale angsthaas.
Ik herken dat wel ja.
Als ik in de vakantie Frans praat,voel ik me meteen een stuk frivoler!
En wat als anderstaligen NL spreken?
Jij mag het zeggen, Hippo! 🙂