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Originally Posted by Crea
Hm, I don't know about an explanation, since it sort of just came out naturally for me. I don't know, it might be a personal habit or something.
My best friends through high school/university have all been "kikokushijos"...ok there I go again. Um, they've all been, Japanese living abroad and also speak fluent English. Especially in college, my two roommates were Japanese, and since I know some conversational Japanese, at home we'd speak a hybrid of the two languages. Like..."man it's chou raining outside" or "the neighbors are being uzai" or "can you please cook gohan" something (lol they sound kind of retarded but..)
It was also easier for them to talk to me about things back home, like about goukons or their shuushoku katsudou experience. So even if we knew the English equivalent, we'd end up inserting the Japanese word in, and that's how we talk online too. Like instead of "how's the job hunt going?" I'd write in an email, "how's shuukatsu?" Or "I heard you got naitei" instead of "a job offer." I really don't know why, but it's definitely not to show off. The "baito" was another...I didn't even think of writing "part-time job"...but sorry it annoyed you, lol..
Anyway, didn't mean to write an essay, but I hope you get my point. And I know you didn't direct it at me personally, but that's my so-called "reason" I guess.
I'm actually really conscious of using Japanese, especially in front of my Japanese friends, in fear of making mistakes (which sucks since they'd be perfect for me to practice speaking but..), so in my "hybrid language" its always limited to a single word or two. Not much of a "hybrid" but yeah...
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Well in your case it does make sense. When speaking with another bilingual, I do admit we end up speaking some hybrid at one point or another. And I understand when sometimes there is no english/japanese equivalent. It doesn't really annoy me, I just don't understand it.