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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:44:39 GMT
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Shiri Dori writes:
> > I've seen lots of families in which the parents constantly
> > speak to their kids in one language, and the kids reply in
> > another; it's not unusual in billingual families.
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> I always marvel when I see that happen--I hate to seem like a rube,
> but that sort of mental gear-shifting stuns me!
Actually, IMO its easier to communicate that way than for one person to
switch over entirely. I understand Flemish (Dutch) and Spanish much
better than I can speak them, so if the person I'm talking to speaks
English well enough, I may very likely answer in English. I rarely speak
in Flemish to my parents, but they "often" speak to me in Flemish.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht................BramL@JUNO.com
http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/
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| (...) I always marvel when I see that happen--I hate to seem like a rube, but that sort of mental gear-shifting stuns me! Dave! (who speaks enough Spanish to say "I don't speak Spanish!) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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