Re: Please welcome . . .

Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 09:20:29AM +0000, Peter Bleackley wrote:
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>>>Have you considered The Experiment yet? By which, of course, I mean raising
>>>him to be bilingual in a conlang. Were I in your position, I think I'd have
>>>to consider giving my child the advantage of a native understanding of
>>>Lojban -- or possibly Maggel ;-)
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> I'm going to attempt raising him bilingual in  English and Spanish despite
> the fact that my Spanish is non-native.  That'll be enough of a challenge. :)
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>>Someone tried that with tlhIngan Hol. The child rejected it at the age of 3.
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> I remember that.  I wonder why the child rejected the language?    Does it
> violate some universal that made the kid reject it as a valid language,
> or did he pick up something from the attitude of those around him indicating
> that they didn't treat it seriously?
He probably realized that his parents could understand him just fine if
he spoke the same language with them as he did with his friends and
teachers at school.