Re: first lang test

Dan Jones wrote:
>
> Dan Sulani wrote:
>
> > The test, as I heard once, is:
> > A "first" lang is one that you, _when alone, by yourself_, automatically
> >                     a.  count (or do arithmetic) in
> >                     b.  cry in
> >                     c.  pray in (or whatever you do in times of great
> inner
> > turmoil)
>
> For me:
> a. French
> b. French
> c. Anglo-Saxon.
For me:
a. German
b. English
c. English

My first lang is English, and I don't speak too much German - for some
reason I tend to count in it, although I don't know why. Just my
inclination, I guess.

Hmm, and with regards to praying, if there are traditional Jewish
prayers in Hebrew the meaning of which I understand and express what I
want to say that I remember, I'll use those. Otherwise, I'll pray in
English, except sometimes I use the Ajuk "Ughu" ("Oh, God") in my
prayers. It was the first thing I said when I heard my grandmother has
passed away a while back, but the practice of using it was established
before then.

--
Robert