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by TheLoafOfBread 830 days ago
I am bilingual and I have noticed that in my head, meaning of the word (symbol) and sound of the word (language) are two different things, where language is dependent on meaning, but meaning is not dependent on language.

I can think in my native tongue or English, but I can also use just abstractions to think - i.e. designing architecture of a software tool or using math. What I am finding frustrating is to have abstract idea in the head and be limited by language in expression of that idea, so much so, that sometimes it is easier to paint a picture of that idea than try to express it in written form. Language is a projection of abstract mind with massive loss of contextual information. But you don't need language to have an abstract mind.