The Lutheran Pastor who married me over 40 years ago always said the best thing his German immigrant parents ever did for him was to continue to speak German at home, so that he learned proper English in school, as well as proper English at home. His D.D. in theology was grreatly simplified by being fluent in both languagesh Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:28:59 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Ramblings about Dutch When I went to school it was never necessary to send anyone home because they didn't speak English. Even later on when the German girl I mentioned and her brother came over here they learned to speak English just fine. He was 6 yrs old and in a short time spoke English with NO accent. She was 15 and spoke with a very slight accent for a couple of years. Ay home they had to speak German, or Russian, or Polish all of which they had learned to speak fluently in Europe because their mother never learned a word of English and their father was not far behind. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <GWGEHoyt@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Ramblings about Dutch >I grew up in Stamford CT. I had two friends that were sons of immigrants, > and could not speak English. They were sent home and the parents were > told to > have them learn English and come back next year. Both did and both became > successful in life. Why aren't we doing something like this today? > George > > > ************************************** > Get a sneak peek of > the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message