Thanks so much for sharing this insightful story! Ted already raised the idea of bilingualism, and that raised a question in me.

I actually do speak more than one language, and I've noticed something about myself. The way I think and present when I'm speaking French is different from how I do so when I'm in English mode.

Of course I don't change profoundly as a person when switching languages, but I am different in small but important ways. French is (when understood and spoken with real bilingual facility) a manifestation of a different culture. So when I'm in French mode, I automatically express some of that culture.

Just as trivial examples, I'm more likely to talk about French books, film, and music when I'm speaking French than when I'm speaking English. Not by choice. It just happens. But the effect I'm talking about actually goes deeper than that in ways I find difficult to express.

Anyway, all that to lead up to the question: Do you think you change in some ways when you're speaking your different fashion languages? What I'm getting at is, you've written very well about how your language choices impact others. I'm curious if they impact you just as strongly.

Do you change in small but important ways when you code switch?