tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 30 05:50:53 1995
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Re: First Klingon Word
On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, Garrett Michael Hayes wrote:
> (You are fortunate! You teach true things.
> When Terrans object to these teachings, what do you say?)
Now that a grammarian has responded to the Klingon, I'll just follow up
with the question that was directed to me.
There are two types of responses I generally get. Most people are
curious, fascinated, or incredulous. If Alexander is with me (No, he's
not named after Worf's son, but it helps ;) I can simply show them.
When I told Krankor, he was elated! Then there are a few people who
appear upset, disturbed. As if I'm going to mess up his mind by trying
to raise him bilingually.
I gently try to explain that linguistic research in first language (L1)
acquisition shows that children being raised in bilingual environments do
not become confused about the different languages in their environment.
We seem to have an unspoken prejudice in this country for speaking
anything but English.
One friend of mine, a linguist even, was actually mad at me for a few
months about this. But she calmed down, and she's actually getting into
it now.
> 'etlhqengwI'
--Holtej