Fun side-effect of leaving your home country for other countries where English is also a second language:
My English is better than ever, but very clearly non-native.
My Norwegian is complete garbage. Just awful. Worst it's ever been.
Just as displaced in language as in land.
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I know more names of kitchen appliances in Polish than in English.
My active vocabulary in English is about two standard deviations (i.e. a lot) better than my Norwegian.
Identity is a very slippery concept...
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I was born in Poland and still live here but my Polish isn't good at all 🤣 At home we communicate in a weird mix of Polish, English, and our own made up words, and then it's super hard to switch to how regular people talk.
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