Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Miscellany The Extinction of Language (now, more than ever!)
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Mother kept it to herself, mostly, so she could converse with her sister without anyone else knowing what they were saying!...on the phone or in person!
My parents did the same with Polish, WO'N. They wanted to be able to talk privately in front of the kids! There seems to be a different mentality today, with more people recognizing the value of multilingualism (except of course for my own kids, who were exposed to weekly Spanish lessons at school starting in kindergarten, continued the language through high school and were supremely relieved to test out of the language requirement in college!).
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,352Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 734 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 22ddrinnan 1
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,550tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,918Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org