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Philip Newton ([personal profile] pne) wrote2008-12-04 08:44 am
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Bilingual communication strategies

"Daddy, Erik has a Playmobil advent calendar! And today he had... (turns to Stella) Mami, eine Playmobil-Palme!"

Or, in which she Amy avoids speaking German to me even when she doesn't know the English word :)

I'm also amused by the fact that there seem to be a number of words which she knows in English but not in German, her stronger language! For example, teaspoon, tablespoon, and eyebrows.

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