> On Sat, 10 May 2008 16:37:57 -0500, huey.callison@gmail.com wrote:
>

>>I have a friend with immediate family members that speak fluent
>>English, Italian, French, and Spanish, so if someone can't remember
>>the
>>correct word in the current language, they'll just use whatever
>>comes to mind, or switch languages entirely.

>
> This is very commonly heard here with bilingual types. Usually they
> are Francophone who speak English as a second language, but not
> always, and occasionally I come across people where it's impossible to
> tell which is their first language.
>
> I sat next to a pair of girls this winter, waiting for an appointment,
> where the conversation flowed such that one girl spoke almost entirely
> French, and the other replied/interacted almost entirely in English,
> but when they went from the topic of the French speaker's wedding to
> the topic of the English speaker's boyfriend troubles, they switched
> main languages.
>
> nj"English agony aunt"m
>
>
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