24f South African: Open book. Ask Me Anything
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Estelle
Iced coffee: I've been to the USA, Germany, England, Belgium and Ermuda. I've stopped over in The UAE, Kenya, France and the Netherlands.
Iced Coffee
What countries have u been to 🩷
Tangela
think my favorite covers of yours are river and Cardigan. thanks for answering those.
Estelle
Estelle
Manjunath: I'm a native English speaker. I learnt Afrikaans when I was 5, German and Spanish I learnt simultaneously at university, and French I've picked up afterwards. Yes, I have many Afrikaans-speaking friends, and definitely have friends who speak the other 3 languages, though in all cases, we usually speak English anyway. Languages are not like complicated maths formulas. It's not like you can completely unlearn them. There's evidence to show that linguistic lexicons take up different parts of your brain, so the capacity you have for one language, e.g. English, isn't going to be decreased because you learn Hindi. I don't speak all 5 every day, or even every week. They're all at different levels all the time. But I can't magically unlearn them. I spent 3 years doing Spanish. While it is by far my worst language now, I know that it would take me a couple weeks of focused work, and I'd be mostly okay again. I've almost always travelled alone. The first time I flew by myself for any reason, I was 15, and I flew to the US. I enjoy traveling with or without other people. It is one thing in this world that doesn't make me all that nervous.
Manjunath✨
Tangela
Hah. For some reason, always pictured you as being around my height. Very much not the case. Lol! You'd tower over me! That's hilarious
Estelle
Not particularly, although I think the closer to native fluency you get, the more nuanced this answer would be. It just isn't in my case because I consume so much more English than Afrikaans, which is my other fluent language. What I will say though, is that — in all my languages — I find it miles easier to write than to speak. Even English. I'm a lot more eloquent with written content.
Calum
French Estell sounds fun. somewhat related question, do you find it easier to express your thoughts and feelings in one language over another. 
Matt Cooper
Estelle
Calum
Now for my question, do you think the language you speak influences the way you think?
Calum
You’re Damn right Solihull isn’t in Birmingham
Estelle
Estelle
Hubert Pawelkiewicz
Estelle
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Hubert Pawelkiewicz
Very nice, I’ve been to Birmingham quite a few times, Cambridgeshire is also lovely, I live in that geographical region but not in Cambridgeshire 
Estelle
Hubert: My partner is in Brum, so that's my ideal place to end up. I have many friends in the West midlands now. My favourite place in the UK is Ely in Cambridgeshire.
Matt Cooper
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