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[Thiuda]

I'm an asshole in both of the languages that I speak - German and English. What is different is that when I speak German I make different assumptions about my audience based on my knowledge of German culture. I do this because it facilitates communication, not because I have distinct underlying personality schemas linked to either German or English. It seems to me, that the research merely confirmed what all of us know anyway, that we behave differently depending on the situation, i.e. it's OK to use less formal language with friends and family, but when speaking to your teacher you use a more formal dialect.

I would also argue that one cannot extrapolate from a sample as limited as 28 females. Females are well known to use prestige dialects more than males in any language, indicating that while speaking English they may not be showing a different personality or even behaviour per se, but are exhibiting sex differences in language use. My assumption is that the subjects are less likely to be Spanish speaking American women, but rather English speaking Latinas for whom English is the prestige dialect.

[Rob'sdad]

I speak German, English and Korean fluently. I find that my body language is different depending on the language that I'm speaking. I also evaluate people differently depending on what language they're speaking.

Also accent/dialect comes into play. If I hear a Boston accent, I'm edgy. New York is not pleasant to the ear but kinda funny. A southern accent bothers me also unless it's a gal. Then I sport wood.

My favorite is SoCal. People just pull any damn word out of their bum. It's hilarious. "yo chef, let's cruise beachside, catch a few coldies and then grind some grub."

Don't forget....Bro is pronounced Bra as in "Whazzup Bra?"