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Re:Hemingway Editor by ketzo on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:59PM (#25128880)
I wonder -- would you say that you write more formally than you speak (on average, context aside)?

I'm always super curious about how someone's method of learning a second language impacts the way they use that language. My casual hypothesis is that what you read while learning impacted how you write, while what you listened to affected how you speak -- do you find that to be true?

Re:Hemingway Editor by lykahb on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @04:47PM (#25130356)
My writing is much more formal than speaking. If one writes much enough in a certain style, they get used to it. Same thing about speaking - politicians, actors, and other public figures have a certain effect on their everyday demeanor.

Once I heard that writing and talking involve different areas of the brain.