Mm. That's something I never thought about, at least not directly. I have imagined using certain songs that mix languages like this, but I never thought about the impact of the mixed languages themselves.
Having actually read this yesterday and having a day to think on it, I would say that only whatever meaning he gets from the lyrics he understands would control the effects of the song. If his metagift could mystically extract meaning from lyrics in languages he didn't understand, he would be able to use any song at all in any language regardless of his comprehension level.
-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....
Having actually read this yesterday and having a day to think on it, I would say that only whatever meaning he gets from the lyrics he understands would control the effects of the song. If his metagift could mystically extract meaning from lyrics in languages he didn't understand, he would be able to use any song at all in any language regardless of his comprehension level.
-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....