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Re: The Forbidden Experiment

From:Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 19:30
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, And Rosta wrote:

> It's worth pointing out that exactly the same story happens with many > parents > trying to raise their children bilingually in this way, even where each > parent always sticks to their respective language even when talking to the > other parent rather than the child. If D'Armond had been trying to teach his > son Hungarian rather than Klingon the outcome would probably have been the > same.
Y'know what's funny? My Bishop actually mentioned the exact same phenomenon when explaining why the Diocese had to start seriously working towards moving from Greek to English in the Liturgy.