"But at the same time, badly written Swedish poems/song lyrics/dialogue also makes me cringe infinitely much more."
Oh, I'll second that!
And I think that's part of the reason why sex scenes or porn often sounds more natural in a second language as well. Lots and lots of it is amazingly badly written, really really incredibly cringeworthy, and the purple language that suddenly appears and hijacks the style of otherwise sane authors... Having a buffer of non-native language competence can help you connect with a scene in spite of bad writing in a way that is very difficult in your mother tongue.
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Date: 2004-12-12 02:38 pm (UTC)Oh, I'll second that!
And I think that's part of the reason why sex scenes or porn often sounds more natural in a second language as well. Lots and lots of it is amazingly badly written, really really incredibly cringeworthy, and the purple language that suddenly appears and hijacks the style of otherwise sane authors... Having a buffer of non-native language competence can help you connect with a scene in spite of bad writing in a way that is very difficult in your mother tongue.
- Clara