Post by Nikki on Dec 5, 2007 0:08:17 GMT -5
hapalicious said:
i know i have the hardest time expressing myself in words...i tend to stammer a bit, can t find the right words, keep my mouth open as if about to catch a fly, utter beginnings of words, rarely finish my sentences, and turn into a nerveball because by the time i find the right wording, the person i was talking to has moved on to another subject...
what makes it even worse is that because they re so used to me not being able to express myself the way i want to, my family tends to go completely quiet and hang on my every word as if i were about to utter my first word "mama !" everytime i try to say something...i had speech problems as a kid, they marked "language" as an area of concern in my medical records and i also had a lisp when i was little. though i don t lisp anymore, it sometimes "comes back" when i m tired and i start lisping again....though very badly put, what i meant to say is that speaking definitely isn t my area of predilection when i want to communicate with someone. i believe it s the case for a lot of people but i don t think in words but images...so i don t see why language barriers necessarily means you don t "know" the person.
I never would have guessed that Marie!! You tend to articulate yourself pretty well on the boards in a very conversational way, and from all the lovely voice/singing clips you've posted... well, I'm surprised! It is only if you're speaking in English that you tend to get a bit flustered, or is it in French?
I know I have met some Europeans who are hesitant when it comes to speaking English because it isn't their first language, despite the fact that it's spot on perfect. Ah, to be bi and tri-lingual. I'm oh so envious of you guys.
sounds silly but i think i communicate better with my eyes...
Doesn't sound silly at all! Quite frankly, eyes say what the mouth doesn't most of the time. And are a better indicator as to what the person truly is getting at.