Bilingual = speaking in dialects of crazy (in addition to English):
I believe everyone is bilingual in a loose sense of the term. I consider every family to speak a different dialect of crazy. No one group can speak the same form of craziness but different dialects can evolve and be sustained within a family dynamic. So, generally everyone is bilingual. You have a base type of language socially acceptable in most areas such as the workplace, grocery shopping, restaurants etc. and then you have certain cases where seemingly communicative people diverge from socially acceptable speech into their personal dialect. In most cases this dialect would be understood, maybe not approved but definitely translatable to a family member observing the conversation or having the incident relayed to them at a later time. To clarify the flexible definition of crazy I would have to point out that every individual's interpretation of what is acceptable, humorous or understood varies based on life experiences and learned behaviors. Crazy to some maybe "normal" to others. "Normal" to others may be crazy to some.
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