Do you ever dream in a foreign language?

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When I was first learning to speak Turkish I would have dreams in which I spoke and understood it perfectly. It "sounded" perfect, but I think it was mostly gibberish. Now I occasionally have dreams with it.
 

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I find that the language in my dreams often coincides with the amount of language that I have spoken that day as well as recency. For example, if I have been on the phone with my family, I will dream in Spanish. If its been a total english day...well you guessed it!!
 

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Alcohol plays quite a part in such things. ya govoru po rooskiy tolko kogda ya mnoga vodku vooipul - I can speak Russian only when I've drunk a lot of vodka. And in this state I also tend to dream in Russian. And it is easier to read Russian. Last language dream was in French because I had been reading something in French.
 

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Alcohol plays quite a part in such things. ya govoru po rooskiy tolko kogda ya mnoga vodku vooipul - I can speak Russian only when I've drunk a lot of vodka. And in this state I also tend to dream in Russian. And it is easier to read Russian. Last language dream was in French because I had been reading something in French.
Vodka makes everything Russian better and easier. Doesn't it? :biggrin:


Pot has the opposite affect. It makes it impossible to speak any kind of second language. In fact, English becomes bloody difficult!
 

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Vodka makes everything Russian better and easier. Doesn't it? :biggrin:


Pot has the opposite affect. It makes it impossible to speak any kind of second language. In fact, English becomes bloody difficult!

I've spent some time in back of beyond Russia. People there use vodka as an anaesthetic. :eek:
 

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I've spent some time in back of beyond Russia. People there use vodka as an anaesthetic. :eek:

I know some pretty funky Russians. I recently met a few with the telecoms minister for ??(I had to delete that - but a former Soviet state!) - as you may imagine - immensely wealthy now(!), & very much up for fun. I wound up being given a litre of Prazdnichnaya Bodka, & something called Enterosgel, which I was assured would not only prevent me getting really drunk, but would also cure any hangovers!

Those bastards ordered double doubles all night:biggrin1:, & I had a couple of spoons of the gel, & I swear I dreamed in Russian. No hangover - but I had no idea how I wound up in a hotel.

I've read up a little on it, & it seems that this was the type of stuff that they used to give to spies in order to out drink their opposite numbers.

Has anyone else ever tried this - is it dangerous?:smile:
 

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Enterosgel is a Russian product used as a treatment for poisoning. The product web site is at ЭНТЕРОСГЕЛЬ – селективный энтеросорбент – enterosgel.ru but it is in Russian. It does seem that Russians have now hit on the idea of using it to enable people to drink more, even to drink potentially lethal quantities of alcohol.

I suggest the practice is potentially deadly.

Quality vodka tends not to lead to much of a hangover - certainly not the headache and nausea that say red wine in excess gives.
 

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Yes, it is all about the input. Sometimes I dream in unknown languages and they make fun of me for not understanding. But mostly it has to do with the languages I have been around during the awake time, as Jason said.
 

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Enterosgel is a Russian product used as a treatment for poisoning. The product web site is at Ð*НТЕÐ*ОСГЕЛЬ – селективный энтеросорбент – enterosgel.ru but it is in Russian. It does seem that Russians have now hit on the idea of using it to enable people to drink more, even to drink potentially lethal quantities of alcohol.

I suggest the practice is potentially deadly.

Quality vodka tends not to lead to much of a hangover - certainly not the headache and nausea that say red wine in excess gives.

I think it's also some kind of catch all remedy with silica in it.

Red wine doesn't give me hangovers. Any amount of Spirits (aside from tequila) doesn't either. Strong Beer, copius white wine, & non white cider (except Blackthorn) do:frown1: I think that any alcoholic drink that makes one a little bit belligerent is definitely hangover material, so I try to steer clear to avoid double trouble.

Genetically, my family's livers are legendary, aside from any drinking before dark:biggrin1: But Russians seem hugely competitive in drinking!:biggrin1:
 
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Ha!
You boys want a drinking contest with this SERB?
The first time I was abroad and I have met a group of Americans, they have invited me to join them in a DRINKING GAME, my reaction - In Serbia we don`t need games to drink!;)
 

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Ha!
You boys want a drinking contest with this SERB?
The first time I was abroad and I have met a group of Americans, they have invited me to join them in a DRINKING GAME, my reaction - In Serbia we don`t need games to drink!;)

Dream on!:smile: Talk is cheap Luka:tongue:. Unfortunately, alcohol isn't. :mad:

I'm currently making an alcoholic brew out of some funky stuff in my garden - black & elder berries. It's literally stewing away right now. God knows what it will taste like - it may be a wine, a fortified wine, or even a spirit by the time it's done.

If I start jabbering about in Serbo-Croat, I'll let you know.:biggrin1: