[palmotea]

> I've never seen anyone talk about Linus' bilingualism concerning his anger issues. I'm bilingual, and sound much harsher and mean in English than in my native tongue. Could that be an element of the problem?

Kinda relevant: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/magazine/native-language-...:

> My own introduction to speaking French as an adult was less joyous. After reaching out to sources for a different article for this magazine with little success, I showed the unanswered emails to a friend. She gently informed me that I had been yelling at everyone I hoped to interview.

> Compared with English, French is slower, more formal, less direct. The language requires a kind of politeness that, translated literally, sounds subservient, even passive-aggressive. I started collecting the stock phrases that I needed to indicate polite interaction. “I would entreat you, dear Madam ...” “Please accept, dear sir, the assurances of my highest esteem.” It had always seemed that French made my face more drawn and serious, as if all my energy were concentrated into the precision of certain vowels. English forced my lips to widen into a smile.