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Thursday, October 6, 2016; Book Meme Day 6
Oct. 6th, 2016 08:49 pmI've been up since 4am when Tanya woke up with 101.4F fever. I basicall held her while she tried to sleep, until I had to go to work at 6am. All our kid medicine was expired. My parents were staying over so my Dad went to a few 24 hour RiteAid pharmacies in the middle of the night to get some new ones. The fever didn't last too long; most of the day her temp was normalish. She has a runny nose and it's just a cold but, of course, it's no fun.
When I was at work my Mom called me to say that she measured Tanya's temperature and it was 98.6F, which is fine. But my Mom gave her some medicine anyway since she thought that was high. We still need Celsius to really do body temperature. I'm the same way but I know approximately what's normal and what's high. Still, I normally would take out my converter.
Book Meme
6. If you read in more than one language, is there a difference between the experience of reading in your native language(s) and reading in other languages?
My native language is Russian but I came to the US when I was 12 and I'm fluent in English. I'm bilingual. To me there is no difference between reading in either language, for the most part. Nor does my brain process English as a foreign language at all. The biggest difference probably is I'm more comfortable with higher academic writing in English and all the historical terms. It just feels more natural to me since I studied in English in high school, college and grad school. I did take a course in Russian literature in college and I read the books in Russian while many other classmates read in English. I usually do a couple of Russian books a year, but I read mostly in English. Most of the fanfic I read is in English, but occasionally I read something in Russian and that is often weird. Lately, I've been translating more, since I read to my daughter in Russian even if the book is in English. It's making me sharper a bit.
I did study Latin in grad school since my specialty was medieval England. I was pretty good at it too. To study I read first two Harry Potter books in Latin. That was fun and I learned weird Latin words like the word for "screech owl" (strix). But that was definitely an effort to read and I needed a lot of mental energy. And a dictionary.
When I was at work my Mom called me to say that she measured Tanya's temperature and it was 98.6F, which is fine. But my Mom gave her some medicine anyway since she thought that was high. We still need Celsius to really do body temperature. I'm the same way but I know approximately what's normal and what's high. Still, I normally would take out my converter.
Book Meme
6. If you read in more than one language, is there a difference between the experience of reading in your native language(s) and reading in other languages?
My native language is Russian but I came to the US when I was 12 and I'm fluent in English. I'm bilingual. To me there is no difference between reading in either language, for the most part. Nor does my brain process English as a foreign language at all. The biggest difference probably is I'm more comfortable with higher academic writing in English and all the historical terms. It just feels more natural to me since I studied in English in high school, college and grad school. I did take a course in Russian literature in college and I read the books in Russian while many other classmates read in English. I usually do a couple of Russian books a year, but I read mostly in English. Most of the fanfic I read is in English, but occasionally I read something in Russian and that is often weird. Lately, I've been translating more, since I read to my daughter in Russian even if the book is in English. It's making me sharper a bit.
I did study Latin in grad school since my specialty was medieval England. I was pretty good at it too. To study I read first two Harry Potter books in Latin. That was fun and I learned weird Latin words like the word for "screech owl" (strix). But that was definitely an effort to read and I needed a lot of mental energy. And a dictionary.