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[The Athletic] ‘Just how my brain works’: For multilingual NHL players, whatever language comes out first wins



[The Athletic] ‘Just how my brain works’: For multilingual NHL players, whatever language comes out first wins

by seeldoger47

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  1. seeldoger47

    >Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin had just finished his press scrum following the NHL All-Star Game in Toronto last month, amiably and eloquently holding court for several minutes in English about the second half of the season, what it’s like to play alongside Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the physical toll of playing two three-on-three games with an hourlong break in between, the return of NHL players to the Olympics, and various other notebook-filling topics lobbed at him by reporters.

    >But as the scrum dissipated, Dahlin didn’t get up off his chair. He knew a second wave was coming. And as a handful of Swedish reporters descended on the dais, Dahlin politely held his hand up.

    >“Hang on, give me a sec,” he said. “I need to reset my brain.”

    >After just a moment, Dahlin answered questions in Swedish for the next several minutes.

  2. Juanzilla17

    I’ve been caught like that. Lol

    I was reading an article in Spanish while waiting in a drive thru and heard the voice through the speaker come on. Without even thinking I started ordering in Spanish before I realized what I was doing. Lol

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