¿Eres otra persona al hablar otro idioma?

[Marsopa]

Perhaps, artistic people tend to be super sensitive and therefore prone to depression.
That makes sense to me.

Marsopa

[María José]

Originally Posted by Marsopa

Perhaps, artistic people tend to be super sensitive and therefore prone to depression.
That makes sense to me.

Marsopa

We seem to agree on quite a few things.

[Freddy]

What a great question. Yes, I DO think speaking another language changes you. What you think about, how you think, how you're seen, who you are. But then again I think that we're not the same person today as we were yesterday, or will be tomorrow. And that's good to know.

[Elaina]

Hey Freddy,

I've not seen you in the forums before......welcome!

[María José]

Originally Posted by Freddy

What a great question. Yes, I DO think speaking another language changes you. What you think about, how you think, how you're seen, who you are. But then again I think that we're not the same person today as we were yesterday, or will be tomorrow. And that's good to know.

'My sentiments exactly'. (Poli, do you know who I'm quoting?)
And as Elaina said: Welcome, Freddy! (Great minds think alike)

[poli]

Originally Posted by María José

'My sentiments exactly'. (Poli, do you know who I'm quoting?)
And as Elaina said: Welcome, Freddy! (Great minds think alike)

M.J., I never heard of "my sentiments exactly", but now, thanks to you,
I do. I googled it, and came up with a company that produces rubber-stamp sentiments. How convenient!

[María José]

Originally Posted by poli

M.J., I never heard of "my sentiments exactly", but now, thanks to you,
I do. I googled it, and came up with a company that produces rubber-stamp sentiments. How convenient!

But I was quoting Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia... He says it twice when he first meets the character played by Colin Firth.
But I have to admit that the rubber-stamp thing is one of those quirky little coincidences...By the way, do you know the word empalagosa? I don't remember if we mentioned it or if it was a similar one that we talked about in another thread.

[poli]

No, I never heard of the word empalagosa, but I will add it to my increasing personal glossary that ,one day, I will commit to memory.

When you first wrote "my thoughts exactly" it reminded me of comic pair Laurel and Hardy. I think they said this a lot. I think in Latin America they are known as El Gordo y El Flaco.

[María José]

Originally Posted by poli

No, I never heard of the word empalagosa, but I will add it to my increasing personal glossary that ,one day, I will commit to memory.

When you first wrote "my thoughts exactly" it reminded me of comic pair Laurel and Hardy. I think they said this a lot. I think in Latin America they are known as El Gordo y El Flaco.

It was posher than that. It was 'my sentiments exactly'. Remember it was Mr Brosnan speaking...
Empalagoso in the context I used it is similar to cursi, somebody who uses lots of terms of endearment when talking, smiles too much, likes cute little bears...
You can also say a cake is empalagoso when it's too rich, like for example trifle (which incidentally I love).
We also call them El Gordo... here in Spain.

[poli]

La verdad es que nadie tiene la imunidad contra lo cursi, y lo empalagoso, pero el conocimieno del significado de las palabras le da un pequeño inoculación o sea no 100% efectivo. Me alegro que no es 100% efectivo porque a veces las cosas cursis son divirtidas especialmente para los niños y las trufas de chocolate son agradables de ves en cuando.

Es una lástima que en inglés no hay palabras sinónimos solamente palabras
que aceracan cursi (como dijimos corny, syrupy, y cómo no dijimos Hallmark sentiment, a little too Disneyish, cloying, y unas palabras muy raras jejune y vapid que casi nadie sino catedráticos usan.

Incidentally I love English trifle which fyi is just about unavailable in the USA except in Italian coffee houses in some big cities. They call it suppa inglese. Paradoxically, it came to us by way of Italy.