This is really interesting! (Also, hi, are you doro_chan from FFR?) I'm one of the deserters - my native language is German, but I'm pretty much bilingual (learned English when I was five) and have never participated in German-speaking fandom. I occasionally poked my nose in, but, as one of the above comments put it, it made me feel all itchy. D: It actually really upsets me sometimes, re: the not being able to read or write in my own language issue... I think I've developed a sensitivity to my culture and loss thereof via living in the US as a kid and my doing all my internet-going in English really irks me. On the other hand, itchy. :(
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Date: 2009-05-04 08:49 am (UTC)*seufz*