Re: the correlation between language, thoughts and intelligence
My g/f can spk 3 languages but thinks in mostly 2 of them, and now that I am solidly learning a second language, I find that I think in the 2nd language sometimes too.
In conversations with my g/f I will also switch between languages mostly because words in the 2nd language are easier to say or sound nicer than in English.
But regarding if it means you are more intelligent, I don't know.
I also think that bilingual people seem to always think more before they speak which can't be a bad thing.
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