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Jul. 20th, 2009 09:27 pmSo, yesterday my teacher friend invited me and another friend of mine (the ex-receptionist, as it were) to her place for a proper Sunday bash. We had a vegetarian grill-fest (soy burgers on flatbread, baked potatoes, grilled bell peppers and mushrooms stuffed with pesto & sprinkled with parmesan), followed by delicious multi-flavored Italian ice-cream, and discussed everything from our own personal lives to art, psychology, politics and social issues (immigration, 'reverse racism' etc.). It was a blast. I brought a bottle of Chardonnay, and I confess I consumed at least half of it myself. *blush* I must have had about four glasses - which is more than I've had since... I don't know. Years, probably. So I was happily drunk, to my friends' obvious amusement.:D Fortunately, thanks to all the food I consumed, there wasn't much of an unpleasant after-effect this morning.:)
But what I'm really trying to say, I guess, is that no matter how much of a loner I have become, it still feels insanely good to interact with people who pick up the same brain-wave. I may be very reserved around strangers, but the carefully chosen few get the full benefit of my happily exuberant, tipsy eloquence.;D
Btw, I noticed that as soon as I feel myself becoming slightly inebriated, it is easier for me to speak English than Polish. Which is absolutely ridiculous, since I have only been living in an English-speaking country for 7 years. It would have made perfect sense if it was the other way around... but no. Of course, I switch back and forth between the two languages even when I'm sober - most immigrants do - and my two friends in question do too, since they both moved to the States in their early teens or thereabouts. But the funny thing is that when I'm drunk, I seem to just instinctively stick to English (not on purpose, since at that point I simply don't care anymore and don't make any conscious decisions as to which language I am using). And of the three of us, I seem to be the only one doing that - despite the fact that both my friends have more reason to be that way, so to speak. And the only explanation I could come up with was that English words/sentences are usually shorter and/or simpler than Polish ones and therefore easier to pronounce when you're tipsy. Which may be objectively true, but still... Can it take only seven years in a foreign country for your first language to start feeling like your second?... Anyone else with similar experiences willing to share?... Just curious, you know.
But what I'm really trying to say, I guess, is that no matter how much of a loner I have become, it still feels insanely good to interact with people who pick up the same brain-wave. I may be very reserved around strangers, but the carefully chosen few get the full benefit of my happily exuberant, tipsy eloquence.;D
Btw, I noticed that as soon as I feel myself becoming slightly inebriated, it is easier for me to speak English than Polish. Which is absolutely ridiculous, since I have only been living in an English-speaking country for 7 years. It would have made perfect sense if it was the other way around... but no. Of course, I switch back and forth between the two languages even when I'm sober - most immigrants do - and my two friends in question do too, since they both moved to the States in their early teens or thereabouts. But the funny thing is that when I'm drunk, I seem to just instinctively stick to English (not on purpose, since at that point I simply don't care anymore and don't make any conscious decisions as to which language I am using). And of the three of us, I seem to be the only one doing that - despite the fact that both my friends have more reason to be that way, so to speak. And the only explanation I could come up with was that English words/sentences are usually shorter and/or simpler than Polish ones and therefore easier to pronounce when you're tipsy. Which may be objectively true, but still... Can it take only seven years in a foreign country for your first language to start feeling like your second?... Anyone else with similar experiences willing to share?... Just curious, you know.
