I used to love writing/reading in German and sometimes I fear that all the English exposure has taken away my ability to enjoy my own mother tongue.
I know the feeling. I read most of the books that I read for fun in English, except for the odd book that was translated from Turkish, French, Dutch or Japanese (unless I buy the English version of the Japanese books as well). A good part of my not-for-fun-books is in English as well.
As a result, I often think in (grammatically probably less than correct) English, despite living in Germany and using German for most day to day stuff. But when it comes to writing, it's sort of mixed. And I often have to look up the German equivalent of an English word.
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carisma_sensei
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Date: 2009-05-03 11:21 pm (UTC)I know the feeling. I read most of the books that I read for fun in English, except for the odd book that was translated from Turkish, French, Dutch or Japanese (unless I buy the English version of the Japanese books as well). A good part of my not-for-fun-books is in English as well.
As a result, I often think in (grammatically probably less than correct) English, despite living in Germany and using German for most day to day stuff. But when it comes to writing, it's sort of mixed. And I often have to look up the German equivalent of an English word.