[tied] Re: Celts & Cimmerians

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> wtsdv wrote:
>
> I use english when I need to comunicate with people which do not
> know my language;

Which is everyday. Usually several times a day on this
list! How likely is it that it will be any different
for your child? You will certainly want your child to
be able to enjoy all the opportunities that English has
afforded you, so will of course want it to learn English
too. The difference is, your child will be able to learn
English from birth.

> I don't use english for comunicating with my family; I do not
> dream in english, I do not count in english, I do not make any
> calculation in English or German. For such kind of things the
> brain switch automaticaly in the "mother language". And there
> is a level of exprimation and of sensibilisation which cab be
> reached just when the description of something is in the mother
> language.

That won't be the case for your child. It has the chance
to acquire complete fluency in both languages. If in time
such people find themselves living and working mostly in
environments where _your_ language is seldom used, they'll
probably see little reason for your grand-children to learn
it. People who can't understand their grandparents' native
language aren't rare by any means.

> I don't guess I am an exception but this is the usualy way how
> one acts.

No, and I don't suspect that your children will be exceptions
either.

> If for you this means "pick up" a language, then I have to agree
> with you:-))

No, we we're talking about a "folk" adopting a new language
over as few as two or three generations, not an individual
and his own struggle with the "wovels" and such of a second
language.

David