> experienced some sort of "cat got his tongue" situation where he temporarily couldn't even think or summon english to speak with.
Something like that happens to me sometimes. I get stuck for a word in Norwegian and suddenly find that I can't summon the English word either (English is my mother tongue but I have been living and working in Norway since '86).
I am now capable of being tongue-tied in two languages simultaneously!
But of course it all comes back to me quickly once I switch back to speaking only English.
> I get stuck for a word in Norwegian and suddenly find that I can't summon the English word either (English is my mother tongue but I have been living and working in Norway since '86).
Side note: this is one of many points sufficient to disprove the popular idea that words are the medium of thought. Thought is not linguistic.
Something like that happens to me sometimes. I get stuck for a word in Norwegian and suddenly find that I can't summon the English word either (English is my mother tongue but I have been living and working in Norway since '86).
I am now capable of being tongue-tied in two languages simultaneously!
But of course it all comes back to me quickly once I switch back to speaking only English.