Social Media Post - Week 9

This week has been the week where I've noticed the change in my vocabulary over my time here in London. My conscious competence somehow turned into, unconscious competence. Conscious competence is when you focus on analytic thinking and learning. Unconscious competence is the level at which communication goes smoothly but is NOT a conscious process. When I first came to London, I forced myself to say things like "chips" instead of "fries", and "toilet" instead of "restroom." The reason I did this was because I knew before coming here that the cultural language was different from my own. So I would remind myself of these cultural differences, and became very aware of what I saying and when I was saying it. However, as time went on, I started to think less and less about it. It wasn't until Thanksgiving dinner that I realized that my conscious competence, to always remind myself of what to say, became unconscious. I was ordering mash, and I also asked the waiter where the toilets where. He kindly took my order, and I didn't think anything of it until my fellow classmates commented on it, and asked me why I had said "mash" instead of "mashed potatoes."  I've grown so accustomed to these words and this language that it is something that I don't have to think about anymore and I just, do.