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> 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.




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