Comments for Oma is for grandma http://omaisforgrandma.net reflections, thoughts and stories on and about us: a half-Australian-half-German family attempting to raise bilingual children and wondering what's at the other end of the tunnel Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Reviving my blog for a good cause by franzie http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/10/01/reviving-my-blog-for-a-good-cause/#comment-98909 franzie Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:51:05 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/?p=91#comment-98909 Oh ... Hallo, war leider noch nie in Spanien aber viele Grüße zurück. Ich hoffe "Peterchens Mondfahrt" hat gefallen (ich finde es ja immer schrecklich sich selbst lesen zu hören) aber ich mußte dieses Buch einfach machen, denn ich kann mich so gut daran erinnern wie meine Mutter uns jedes Jahr aufs Neue aus dem Buch vorgelesen hat. Oh … Hallo, war leider noch nie in Spanien aber viele Grüße zurück.
Ich hoffe “Peterchens Mondfahrt” hat gefallen (ich finde es ja immer schrecklich sich selbst lesen zu hören) aber ich mußte dieses Buch einfach machen, denn ich kann mich so gut daran erinnern wie meine Mutter uns jedes Jahr aufs Neue aus dem Buch vorgelesen hat.

]]> Comment on Reviving my blog for a good cause by Klaus http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/10/01/reviving-my-blog-for-a-good-cause/#comment-97672 Klaus Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:39:06 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/?p=91#comment-97672 Hallo! Ich bin gerade von "Peterchens Mondfahrt" aus auf dieser Seite gelandet. Berlin ist die beste Stadt der Welt. Grüße aus Spanien Hallo! Ich bin gerade von “Peterchens Mondfahrt” aus auf dieser Seite gelandet. Berlin ist die beste Stadt der Welt. Grüße aus Spanien

]]> Comment on Reviving my blog for a good cause by Sim http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/10/01/reviving-my-blog-for-a-good-cause/#comment-94354 Sim Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:43:49 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/?p=91#comment-94354 I'm well thanks. Lifes been busy but good. Been meaning to drop you guys a line on Skype but lifes just been totally hectic. I'm about to head bush for three days of camping and 4WDing. How are things in Germany? The land of free flowing beer. I’m well thanks. Lifes been busy but good. Been meaning to drop you guys a line on Skype but lifes just been totally hectic. I’m about to head bush for three days of camping and 4WDing. How are things in Germany? The land of free flowing beer.

]]> Comment on Reviving my blog for a good cause by franzie http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/10/01/reviving-my-blog-for-a-good-cause/#comment-94316 franzie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:39:45 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/?p=91#comment-94316 Hey Sim, good to see you're still around ... haven't heard from you in ages. Hope everything is going well for you. To inform yourself more or vote just click on the widget down the bottom of my post where it says "click here" or go straight to <a href="http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/OZH1P1" rel="nofollow">American Express Members Project</a> Thanks for you interest. Hey Sim,
good to see you’re still around … haven’t heard from you in ages. Hope everything is going well for you.
To inform yourself more or vote just click on the widget down the bottom of my post where it says “click here” or go straight to American Express Members Project
Thanks for you interest.

]]> Comment on Reviving my blog for a good cause by Sim http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/10/01/reviving-my-blog-for-a-good-cause/#comment-94134 Sim Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:39:19 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/?p=91#comment-94134 I have an AMEX but I've got no idea how this vote works? Nor have I heard anything about it? I have an AMEX but I’ve got no idea how this vote works? Nor have I heard anything about it?

]]> Comment on 3 weeks later … by franzie http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-92164 franzie Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:50:16 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-92164 Thank you for visiting, Tony. I wouldn't have thougth that anybody still reads this after months of silence on my part. The move and settling in has just taken a huge amount of time and energy so this blog has been quite neglected. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I always love to hear what other families have done and how it worked out. I'm really happy with our decision to expose our children to German language and culture by moving here and so far it's worked out marvellously as the kids really happily and confidently speak both languages. Thank you for visiting, Tony. I wouldn’t have thougth that anybody still reads this after months of silence on my part. The move and settling in has just taken a huge amount of time and energy so this blog has been quite neglected.

Thank you for sharing your experiences. I always love to hear what other families have done and how it worked out.

I’m really happy with our decision to expose our children to German language and culture by moving here and so far it’s worked out marvellously as the kids really happily and confidently speak both languages.

]]> Comment on 3 weeks later … by Tony http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-91868 Tony Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:39:45 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-91868 I enjoy your blog and would like to offer you a few thoughts on bilingual children. I am English and was married to a Frenchwoman. It didn't work out in the end, but it was OK for 22 years which I suppose isn't bad by present-day standards. We lived in England and had three children. It had been agreed that boys would have English names and girls would have French ones so there was a boy, Alexander, and twin girls Nathalie and Chantal. But Alexander we called Sacha from the beginning (the French got this from the Russians) and at fifteen he decided he wanted to change to it officially; we had no reason to object although it meant all our children had French names. We had great plans to bring them up to be bilingual but this didn't work at all. Since my wife's English was better than my French we generally spoke English at home and very quickly the children worked out that it was silly to speak French to Mummy when she spoke English with Daddy, and they spoke it at school and with all their friends. But we took them to France often, they had to communicate with their French cousins so the result, now that they are in their forties, is that they all speak excellent French although they consider English to be their mother tongue. They could not pass for native Francophones but so what? I have met allegedly bilingual people who do not speak either language quite perfectly and this strikes me as sad. One of my daughters lives in Spain and her daughter, at six, really is completely and happily bilingual in Spanish and English; she hears practically no English except from her mother, who is a single parent. So these things generally work out in time; it doesn't do to worry about them. When we spoke English to our children they called me Daddy and in French I was Papa. Over the years it was telescoped to Daddypa, then Dadpa, and now it is Dpa, which I rather like, I enjoy your blog and would like to offer you a few thoughts on bilingual children.
I am English and was married to a Frenchwoman. It didn’t work out in the end, but it was OK for 22 years which I suppose isn’t bad by present-day standards.
We lived in England and had three children. It had been agreed that boys would have English names and girls would have French ones so there was a boy, Alexander, and twin girls Nathalie and Chantal. But Alexander we called Sacha from the beginning (the French got this from the Russians) and at fifteen he decided he wanted to change to it officially; we had no reason to object although it meant all our children had French names.
We had great plans to bring them up to be bilingual but this didn’t work at all. Since my wife’s English was better than my French we generally spoke English at home and very quickly the children worked out that it was silly to speak French to Mummy when she spoke English with Daddy, and they spoke it at school and with all their friends. But we took them to France often, they had to communicate with their French cousins so the result, now that they are in their forties, is that they all speak excellent French although they consider English to be their mother tongue.
They could not pass for native Francophones but so what? I have met allegedly bilingual people who do not speak either language quite perfectly and this strikes me as sad.
One of my daughters lives in Spain and her daughter, at six, really is completely and happily bilingual in Spanish and English; she hears practically no English except from her mother, who is a single parent.
So these things generally work out in time; it doesn’t do to worry about them.
When we spoke English to our children they called me Daddy and in French I was Papa. Over the years it was telescoped to Daddypa, then Dadpa, and now it is Dpa, which I rather like,

]]> Comment on 3 weeks later … by cathy (aka alice in germany) http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-39586 cathy (aka alice in germany) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:18:02 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-39586 Herzlich wilkomen in Deutschland! Ich bin froh für dich, das dein kinder Deautschland sehen kanst! Herzlich wilkomen in Deutschland!
Ich bin froh für dich, das dein kinder Deautschland sehen kanst!

]]> Comment on 3 weeks later … by Lorna http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-33099 Lorna Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:15:11 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-33099 I just discovered your new entry, great!! I just discovered your new entry, great!!

]]> Comment on 3 weeks later … by franzie http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-32576 franzie Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:25:50 +0000 http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/#comment-32576 I'll send you details via email but test.de is always good for things like that. I’ll send you details via email but test.de is always good for things like that.

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