One of my Grandfather's was from the Netherlands and I have an uncle from there as well, so I'm part Dutch I guess, along with everything else lol - English, Irish and German hahaha.
The Papiamento language does sound confusing. It's weird when languages have many similarities that you recognize and you think you understand but then realize that you don't. I have that feeling every time I'm around people speaking Dutch. For brief moments I think I understand and then I quickly realize that I have no clue what's being said. It's probably because my grandparents spoke Dutch around me when I was younger so some of it is still stuck in my brain. Maybe its like that for you because you know so many different languages?
Ah, that explains your height.
Yes, there are so many mixes and it's hard to find "pure blood" that's one of the reasons why I can never understand war and segregation.
You are spot on there!
I totally get what you mean about feeling like you should understand Dutch, but don't. The Jamaican patois is still different from the Papiamento; It's more broken English with the use of some African words and maybe a little Spanish:)
How do you know how tall I am haha? Can you tell from photos in my posts? 😂
That's really interesting. I find language fascinating, how it develops in the brain and some of the processes involved. It was one of my favorite subjects in a developmental psychology class I took in university. I could go on and on about language really.
You do take great photos, but something tells me that there are no camera tricks where your height is concerned, so yes! 😆
Yeah, I think languages are fascinating and I think it changes the thought processes of persons who speak dual languages.
I regret not being multi-lingual actually... I always wanted to study linguistics (they say native English speakers find it more challenging to learn other languages though).
Psychology was one of my strong areas in uni. I still like it and have always enjoyed studying and observing the behavioral patterns of people.
Speaking from my own experiences, its probably because we don't put any effort to learn new languages we just expect everyone to speak English to us around the world - and generally they do...lol
I think that is the general behavior of North Americans (again myself included here). In Europe everyone I meet speaks 2 to 7 languages. Back home I know maybe 3 people who are bilingual. Lol
Yes, there is some fact in what you've said about our difficulty to grasp another language.
Absolutely!
I think dual-language people have different problem solving techniques too:)