tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post7397345293169199767..comments2023-07-07T02:25:09.874-07:00Comments on World's Fastest Hematologist: Bilingual or no-lingual?Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-73836409833200399952010-10-29T00:18:41.785-07:002010-10-29T00:18:41.785-07:00Steve. That's what I figured.Steve. That's what I figured.Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-82048540535499678322010-10-29T00:18:18.787-07:002010-10-29T00:18:18.787-07:00Olga, I read all the comments, many times over, an...Olga, I read all the comments, many times over, and especially yours. You're my "oldest" reader, I think, back from the life-crisis anonynous blogging days.Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-25425788749268667002010-10-28T10:03:41.351-07:002010-10-28T10:03:41.351-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-68953006157287486972010-10-28T04:30:59.008-07:002010-10-28T04:30:59.008-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493291972954387932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-11760916533881124442010-10-28T04:30:37.725-07:002010-10-28T04:30:37.725-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493291972954387932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-41775866123637151292010-10-28T04:30:33.212-07:002010-10-28T04:30:33.212-07:00Sometimes Danni and I get a few words out, but for...Sometimes Danni and I get a few words out, but for your information, commenting, unlike reading blogs, is a two0way street. If you don't pay attention to what we say, why would we want to share opinion about what you think? Besides, usually topics more of the controversial matters are the ones calling for comments. If you or SLG win a race, there is nothing new:) I actually read this post twice already, but since I am no-lingual, I didn't dare to write anything up. When folks read my blog, they mention that they can hear Russian language - because I translate, even though to me it seems by now (17 years in US) I think in English by now. We have very different sentence structuring. My husbnad now is learning Russian, and struggles greatly. As for the kids - the older learnt to speak back home, and read and write in Russian at 4, and at 4.5 - it was English. He also went to Russian school for a year in first grade (3 times a week, extra) and we spoke more back then as my own English was far from perfect. He was more of a bilingual till about 10 or so. By the time second child came around to the age of learning the nooks of native language, I spoke well in English, had all American friends, my older was preferring English big time, younger was in school, and I was too busy to put up a fight. Frankly, I don't care. He understands half of what I say (as rarely as I speak Russian at home) and can reply is simple phrases and limited vocabulary. Now that Larry walks around with a dictionary, sometimes Stephen surprises me with his knowledge of word. We are going to Russia for a winter break week, and he claims he'd be able to understand grandparents - I bet he won't respond much though:) If he ever needs to pick it up, he would. Right now he has enough struggles with Spanish at school. Really, why is it so important? He knows he is 100% Russian and he is insanely proud of his heritage. That's all I care about:)Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493291972954387932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-5630050133486934452010-10-27T12:16:08.820-07:002010-10-27T12:16:08.820-07:00Steve, since no one ever comes to this blog (excep...Steve, since no one ever comes to this blog (except for you, my wife and Billy), feel free to divulge on your inappropriate infatuation. <br /><br />I have a suspect, but am not 100% sure.Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-90294464053387026472010-10-27T09:36:59.184-07:002010-10-27T09:36:59.184-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-74519294880487365872010-10-27T09:35:31.740-07:002010-10-27T09:35:31.740-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-15156789890927347232010-10-26T11:20:05.102-07:002010-10-26T11:20:05.102-07:00Steve, I go to your site from this all the time. T...Steve, I go to your site from this all the time. That's why I have the link! You need a better traffic analyzer, methinks.<br /><br />Agreeing with Sea Legs, I would think it's the accent that's hard to get after age 7, not the grammar. For instance, Joseph Conrad wrote some of the best English literature but reportedly had a thick Polish accent.Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-45190623068990737832010-10-26T11:06:29.506-07:002010-10-26T11:06:29.506-07:00Steve Q
One can definitely become *truly* bilingu...Steve Q<br /><br />One can definitely become *truly* bilingual after age 7. But there is almost no one who won't have an accent if they don't at least start learning or hearing the second language by around that time. <br /><br />So I guess it depends on what the definition of bilingual is. Is it using all the right words or does it also include speaking without an accent?sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-61639287274399630632010-10-26T08:34:37.049-07:002010-10-26T08:34:37.049-07:00I'm going to go from this site to mine, becaus...I'm going to go from this site to mine, because, according to my blog stats - no one EVER has.<br /><br />I always thought that to be truly bilingual, one had to learn both languages before the age of 7; there seems to be a switch that gets thrown about then - those who never learned to speak any language by that age can't be taught grammar, though they can learn words.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-10073251970707422592010-10-26T05:04:59.095-07:002010-10-26T05:04:59.095-07:00Hey, 4 comments on the first day! And only one fro...Hey, 4 comments on the first day! And only one from a bot and three from this same computer. <br /><br />5 comments now, actually.Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-38724656727798637902010-10-26T05:03:14.673-07:002010-10-26T05:03:14.673-07:00Hey, Sea Legs, we should meet and talk about this ...Hey, Sea Legs, we should meet and talk about this in real life - in the language of your choice. <br /><br />I agree with your point; you can certainly take your second language farther than your first. And I don't mean the cheap trick of simply translating a foreign sentence construction. I simply think your second language can grow with you in a way your first can't. It can become a second personality, a second sense of humor, often more interesting and genuine than your first. <br /><br />I don't know how that works for someone like Natali, who has lived half her life with each language.<br /><br />To Billy: after being divorced and remarried, having moved around the world, while my ex is also happily remarried, in the words of Jim Carrey, <br /><br />"so there IS a chance!"Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439674206797439620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-47346818372363722552010-10-26T03:39:40.603-07:002010-10-26T03:39:40.603-07:00Some of the most eloquent physicians and speakers ...Some of the most eloquent physicians and speakers I have heard do not have English as a first language. They take sayings from their native language and translate them directly and it seems so profound. People who speak multiple languages no doubt have an ability to think over the meaning of what they say that is beyond unilingualists. I know it's not black and white, but I believe the more languages one can learn, the better one becomes at communicating thoughtfully. Whether or not it all comes out rapidly.sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944565050755801503.post-9361496252871074872010-10-26T03:35:07.062-07:002010-10-26T03:35:07.062-07:00Don't you DARE go to Billy's site, Fast Ba...Don't you DARE go to Billy's site, Fast Bastard.sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.com