# Personality change when speaking another language?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-change-when-speaking-another-language/78515>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-change-when-speaking-another-language/78515 "2001-08-28T14:01:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-change-when-speaking-another-language/78515/21 "2001-08-29T17:05:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by flodnak \*  
> \*\*I’ll be the odd one out: I don’t believe my personality changes significantly when I switch from English to Norwegian or vice-versa. \*\*

It’s the same with me, switching between Swedish and English. On the other hand most of my friends are English speakers and I use English a lot every day as I supect you do Norwegian.

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**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-change-when-speaking-another-language/78515/22 "2001-08-29T18:40:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by clairobscur \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by flodnak \*  
> > \*\*I’ll be the odd one out: I don’t believe my personality changes significantly when I switch from English to Norwegian or vice-versa. \*\*
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> Perhaps because you learnt english very early? (just a guess) \*\*

Veeerrrrrry early. On the other hand, I was 21 when I learned Norwegian 😃

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