Comment by scotty79

5 days ago

I really love living in a country which languages I don't understand. I feel my brain is cosily protected when everyone around sounds like they are speaking in simlish.

I've lived in places like that and had similar thoughts. I remember riding a subway and hearing conversations and squabbles all around me and understanding none of it. I know if I could understand the language, my brain would have been busy trying to make sense of it all and keep up, but instead, it just wasn't, and I knew in the moment that I was getting a break.