If you speak more than one language, then you have the multiple personalities, according to a report by Reuters:
People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.
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The researchers said the women classified themselves as more assertive when they spoke Spanish than when they spoke English.
“In the Spanish-language sessions, informants perceived females as more self-sufficient and extroverted,” they said.
Do it have more to do with the languages being spoken or with it being female? Well, the study isn’t assertive about it.
For more details, you can read the whole article here.
July 6, 2008 at 3:19 am
I can SOOOO relate to this!! Funny!
I’ve also had discussions about this with others and one Japanese girl told me that she becomes another person when she speaks English.
Great post. I’m gonna link it to my blog.