alt Hacker NewsThere is something similar that I experienced by learning a second language through exposure and not doing much precision based practice. Having words that you can understand when you hear but can’t use yourself is one thing, but when you start speaking words (that are actually correct to what you want to say) that you don’t understand when hearing yourself it’s quite disorientating.
The movie Bedazzled with Brendan Fraser has a scene where he wishes he was rich and powerful and wakes up as a Colombian drug lord.
When his butler asks him a question he says “Pardon, no hablo espanol. Uno momento! Mucho hablo espanol!”
It’s similar to that. You surprise yourself all the time.