What a great analogy! As a cisgender man, that really helps me understand. I speak French with relative ease, but I learned it as an adult.

Oddly, when I think and speak in French, I feel like a very different person. I think my personality even changes a little bit. French friends of mine have commented on it, even.

So for me, understanding how languages matter so deeply like that, the idea of you speaking a different gender language resonates powerfully with me.

Great story!