tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post115735333368176685..comments2024-02-16T11:15:19.089+01:00Comments on living in a second language: Etre BilingueNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157647929620139652006-09-07T18:52:00.000+02:002006-09-07T18:52:00.000+02:00Okay, one more thing. Nicole, would you consider ...Okay, one more thing. Nicole, would you consider letting me do a profile of your boys on my blog? Let me know! I could quote from your recent posts or give you some questions to answer. You can contact me directly at babybilingual at gmail dot com.Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157647814774579892006-09-07T18:50:00.000+02:002006-09-07T18:50:00.000+02:00Oh, I meant to put that previous comment on the mo...Oh, I meant to put that previous comment on the more recent post--oops. Thanks for plugging my blog!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157647637936694952006-09-07T18:47:00.000+02:002006-09-07T18:47:00.000+02:00What a great description of la maternelle--I was n...What a great description of la maternelle--I was never quite clear on what it was and how it compares to an American nursery school. It does sound indeed very French! I can understand how you're torn between wanting to keep your son at home a little longer and wanting to give him similar opportunities and experiences to his peers.Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157472128926389452006-09-05T18:02:00.000+02:002006-09-05T18:02:00.000+02:00Pat - I couldn't agree more. It's really funny wh...Pat - I couldn't agree more. It's really funny when you see some of the borrowed words - étrange = strange. Right. But now in French they say étrange and they also say strange (Frenchified pronunciation of course) to mean very strange. They're borrowing back their own flipping word.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157469149551553362006-09-05T17:12:00.000+02:002006-09-05T17:12:00.000+02:00Ah, the endless give and take:"Old English" first ...Ah, the endless give and take:<BR/><BR/>"Old English" first comes to the British Isles with Germanic invaders from Saxony, Anglia, Denmark, etc.<BR/><BR/>Then we have "Middle English," the language of Chaucer, a Frenchified version that developed after the Norman invasion of England (Normans being, of course, the descendants of Germanic-speaking viking settlers in northern France). So that's where most of our 60% French vocabulary has its roots.<BR/><BR/>(Then comes the Great Vowel Shift, a home-grown change in pronunciation, after which we have Modern (well, Shakespearean) English.)<BR/><BR/>So I kinda hafta laugh when I hear Francophiles complain about the spread of American/English culture and language. What goes around, comes around.Lex Latahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368512728895523199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157458729745159482006-09-05T14:18:00.000+02:002006-09-05T14:18:00.000+02:00Lorraine - Are you sure you'll want them? By then...Lorraine - Are you sure you'll want them? By then, the Child will be 20 and you'll be a famous writer...<BR/><BR/>Zeb - Well then send her on over.<BR/><BR/>CBW - And did you know that 60% of English vocab comes from French? Le hahaheeheeheeeeeNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157409853562378302006-09-05T00:44:00.000+02:002006-09-05T00:44:00.000+02:00I like Denise's idea - what a unselfish thing for ...I like Denise's idea - what a unselfish thing for her to do (ha)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157408321995126092006-09-05T00:18:00.000+02:002006-09-05T00:18:00.000+02:00Nicole- probably not much more than I am working n...Nicole- probably not much more than I am working now.<BR/><BR/>loraine- you have to get in line for that request.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157395324759629692006-09-04T20:42:00.000+02:002006-09-04T20:42:00.000+02:00I suppose now would be a good time to offer to hav...I suppose now would be a good time to offer to have the boys come here for a summer when they are 14?Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130321823549477784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157388444244765622006-09-04T18:47:00.000+02:002006-09-04T18:47:00.000+02:00Zeb - How much overtime would you have to work to ...Zeb - How much overtime would you have to work to be able to pay for that?Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1157388238865710082006-09-04T18:43:00.000+02:002006-09-04T18:43:00.000+02:00Denise has a solution for the english speaking pro...Denise has a solution for the english speaking problem, she will come over every month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com