How do -you- think?

[Allison K]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

For those of us who are multilingual, and for whom English is not the primary language, do you 'think in' your native tongue? Does anyone understand what I mean?

I don't speak two languages, but I learned to count in binary, and now when people hold up five fingers I often think "31" before I think "5."

[looneylin]

well for me, it's like verbal sparring. lol.

it's like i keep undermining my last decision. u know, this might not work b/c of... or ooooo i think i win!

usually it helps me make good decisions, the bad thing is when u're intensely thinking or computing something in ur mind, u might say it out loud. That's when heads turn n ppl think u're insane

[shyra1353]

If I am writing an essay ... I talk to myself .. but itll be like I write something then I will write wut I think of what I wrote right after in capitals. It's kind of hard to explain ... but it looks something like this (ps- this isnt really an essay that i wrote)

In grade 11 I started volunteering at the hospital. I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THAT SENTENCE IN GRADE 2 ... YOU KNOW MORE WORDS THAN THAT ...

im really sarcastic when i do it .. but i find it works ....

as for math and physics problems .. i break the questions down into pieces ...

[Jay H 237]

Re: How do -you- think?

Huh? What was the question again?

Originally Posted by MissInformation

Picture a lot of gears moving very fast, in every direction possible, with an occasional spring or cog flying off into oblivion... The way I think is very fast, but it fills with tangents and other possibilities which lead me astray, and often others if I am in a discussion with them... the good thing is that I usually do circle back to the original thought.

Same here. I don't think I could put it any better.