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[Euld]

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2010/mayjun/features/boroditsky.html

It very well could.  A friend posted this on Facebook, and considering the number of people who are multilingual here, I'm curious if anyone has noticed language affecting how people observe events around them.

[Megaman]

Being a Russian speaker, no.

[lemon10]

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2010/mayjun/features/boroditsky.html

It very well could.  A friend posted this on Facebook, and considering the number of people who are multilingual here, I'm curious if anyone has noticed language affecting how people observe events around them.

I think that this is one of those things, that if it is happening, is essentially impossible to notice, since it would be extremely hard to tell the difference in your own thought process when you are speaking different languages.

[ChairmanPoo]

IMO if it can, it's not something dramatic.

[Max White]

Well, I don't have any formal education is psychology, so although in my opinion I don't think it would, as we care more about context then the exact use of words, I'm not willing to say these findings are wrong without a source to back me.

[Mindmaker]

I don't believe it's actually the language.
It's probably more the amount of mentality you pick up from the corresponding country.

[Max White]

I don't believe it's actually the language.
It's probably more the amount of mentality you pick up from the corresponding country.

That is... An interesting point. Differing mentalitys that go along with a culture would affect how a language forms, so we could be mixing up cause and effect.

[Megaman]

In other words, this woman is wrong.

[Mindmaker]

It's really hard to tell.
I might have picked up british modesty/courtesy, while learning english. However I probably already had those traits already. The time when those became important just happened to coincide with my better unserstanding of english.
I might have picked up my gloomy outlook on live due to my polish heritage, however it's more likely that it's the result of having a crappy childhood.

I could go on, but I think I've made my point.

Now it's time to finish reading that article.

[ChairmanPoo]

Also bear in mind that cultural stereotypes are more often than not fake for the most part.

[Max White]

Well Australians has a horrid stereotype, drunken hicks that drunk cheep beer and burn meat, and I can tell you it is all 100% true! Why I ride a kangaroo to the pub every Sunday.

[GamerKnight]

I ride a kangaroo to school and leave it in the local stable. Sure it isn't one of those fancy armour-plated kangaroos, but still.

[Max White]

Only jerks ride armour plated kangaroos. They are bad for the environment.

[GamerKnight]

Stretch low-rider kangaroos with surround sound though, those are f**kin sweet. I have a friend who has one.

[Rushmik]

Only jerks ride armour plated kangaroos. They are bad for the environment.

We in West Australia ride the new Koala models, which are much more environment-friendly. A little slow though, but it's easier to aim your boomerang even if you're drunk silly.