I still find this fascinating, that you can express yourself better in English than in German. Maybe not all that surprising considering how much time you spent in the UK, but still...
I don't think it's just that - I did spend my most formative years in Germany. Rather, I think it's a combination of my family not being the type to talk about emotions, so I really only got into the habit of that sort of thing once at uni, among English speakers, and the fact that I started writing seriously (or as seriously as an eleven-year-old can) fairly early on and did so in English. A lot of how I express myself in English is built on a foundation of creative writing (and reading - I can't even remember when I last read an entire German book). There are absolutely things I can talk about more easily in German - maths, trees, Kuchen, the goings-ons at home... basically anything that I was used to speaking about in German. That just doesn't extend to talking about how I'm feeling, somehow.
Another one that I've never heard spoken and now want to hear. :D
It's very Scandinavian (with a slightly more archaic feel to it than, say, Danish or Swedish), so I don't think you'd find it very surprising. I just like it :D
I get the reluctance re: new script, but I think it's probably very very easy compared to Chinese. (Isn't everything? :D )
It's still a whole new language family, so very very easy seems a little unlikely :P But I agreet that it's likely not as hard as Chinese, given that it's not a tonal language, and from the little I know, the writing system is much less... varied than the Chinese characters, so probably easier to remember all things considered.
At any rate, it's a moot point - my brain can really only manage seriously trying to learn one language at a time, and I'm getting stubborn enough about Chinese I don't think I'll give up on that anytime soon.
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I don't think it's just that - I did spend my most formative years in Germany. Rather, I think it's a combination of my family not being the type to talk about emotions, so I really only got into the habit of that sort of thing once at uni, among English speakers, and the fact that I started writing seriously (or as seriously as an eleven-year-old can) fairly early on and did so in English. A lot of how I express myself in English is built on a foundation of creative writing (and reading - I can't even remember when I last read an entire German book). There are absolutely things I can talk about more easily in German - maths, trees, Kuchen, the goings-ons at home... basically anything that I was used to speaking about in German. That just doesn't extend to talking about how I'm feeling, somehow.
Another one that I've never heard spoken and now want to hear. :D
It's very Scandinavian (with a slightly more archaic feel to it than, say, Danish or Swedish), so I don't think you'd find it very surprising. I just like it :D
I get the reluctance re: new script, but I think it's probably very very easy compared to Chinese. (Isn't everything? :D )
It's still a whole new language family, so very very easy seems a little unlikely :P But I agreet that it's likely not as hard as Chinese, given that it's not a tonal language, and from the little I know, the writing system is much less... varied than the Chinese characters, so probably easier to remember all things considered.
At any rate, it's a moot point - my brain can really only manage seriously trying to learn one language at a time, and I'm getting stubborn enough about Chinese I don't think I'll give up on that anytime soon.