German dialect in Texas is one of a kind, and dying out

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

You can raise kids bilingual. They learn the language of their parents home country and the local one. That's usually not a problem, I've seen it being done here a few times. A foreign language is always a good thing to have and can even open you doors on the job market (and makes some holiday trips so much easier). So I'm all for teaching your kids your native language IF you teach them the local one as well.

Amen to that. I always get pissed when I see third generation people here who don't speak the language properly....

A lot of merit in that

[vienna]

In my original hometown of San Francisco, the fading of the German language started even earlier than WW1/WW2. At the time of the Great Fire & Earthquake of 1906, a very substantial number of propertties, homes, and businesses were insured by insurance companies headquartered in Germany. After the devastaion, the German insurance companies quickly and quietly pulled uo stakes and fled oversea, not paying off claims from the people who had paid for the insurance. There developed from that point an animosity fueled further by the wars...

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You can raise kids bilingual. They learn the language of their parents home country and the local one.

What if the local one happens to be bilingual or even multi lingual?

Amen to that. I always get pissed when I see third generation people here who don't speak the language properly....

The same can be said of natives.