It's proven: speaking in a foreign language drunk is easier

Is it really true that it's easier to speak in a foreign language when you are drunk? Or is it only your wasted brain that perceives reality in a parallel universe, where every beer doubles your vocabulary?

Recent studies suggest that this phenomenon is not a myth. Here's how it works.

The experiment involved 50 Germans speaking in Dutch (a language they had recently started studying) with native Dutch speakers. Some of them had washed down a little alcohol, while the control group had had no alcohol in their system. Then the Dutch were asked to rate the language skills of the Germans (without knowing who had consumed alcohol) only to reveal that the booze consumers did much better, especially when it came to pronunciation.

Interestingly, the drunk participants didn't rate their own speaking as better.

Although the study can't prove what causes this, its authors presume the secret might be the anxiety-reducing effect of alcohol.

... or share it with your drunk-speaking friends.