#language choice

(Unabashedly based on my grandmother and her go to "curse word")

H - "Crab apples, pineapples, and sauerkraut!"

A - "... I think my translator is broken. I got an offensensitivity warning on what you just said, but I think you just listed foods?"

H - "You shouldn't curse... It is rude." -- SilverRey

Humans are bizarre. This is acknowledged. Some Humans just happen to be more bizarre than others. For example: Most cogniscent species acknowledge the need for stresser/expressive words to articulate anger, frustration, or otherwise vent the stronger emotions in a safer manner than destruction of self, property, or others.

It is also known that some Humans find such expressive words beyond rude to repeat. The alternative expressions have become... inventive.

"Oh, cucumbers!" Human Jone shouted following a loud clang. "Radish rutabaga pie! Baby hippos!"

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LANGUAGE CHOICE AMONG SOME SEGMENTS OF THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

LANGUAGE CHOICE AMONG SOME SEGMENTS OF THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

Abstract:

This study looks at Language Choice and Use among English speaking bi- or multilinguals in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Our aim is to find out the linguistic repertoire of speakers and the pattern of language use in different domains as well as to determine whether or not speakers are constrained by…

  Question

Hi,

My first language is Arabic, my 2-year-old child is American. Me and my daughter live in Netherlands where people speak Dutch. I don’t know which language my daughter will end up speaking. I talk to her mostly in English, but sometimes in Arabic.

I want English language to dominate her because she is American and her father who passed away wanted her to speak English fluently…

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Dear Multilingual Parenting team,

I am still in my early pregnancy, but like all ambitious mother to be, I’m already considering all kinds of scenarios regarding the baby’s future education. As a multilingual person, which language shall I speak to my baby is one of the most important question.

I’m native Chinese who has immigrated to the US in my mid-twenties. I speak quite fluent…