What Are You Doing Right Now? (724 Viewers)

[Martin]

I did a similar thing with the clarinet, i.e. I just bought one with no prior knowledge and ended up being very lucky that it wasn't a bag of nails! Mine is VERY difficult to play, though, and I will need to dish out a lot of money for an easy one. I hope your next guitar suits you better.

It will be nice for you to share your knowledge with your kids, I am looking forward to that part too. But if my kids end up only liking pop music too I will be a bit sad!

Hah! I'm assuming you don't have kids yet, so there is plenty of time. Do what my parents did with me. In my first years of life grew up on a diet of classical and Lego blocks (well actually they didn't have Legos behind the curtain, they had some similar knock off but it was good enough).

 

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[Kate]

I currently have enough money to but a good guitar. But I'm afraid it might end up being a waste considering how little I play these days.

Yes, I hate making big purchases. I get the remorse.

 

[Kate]

Hah! I'm assuming you don't have kids yet, so there is plenty of time. Do what my parents did with me. In my first years of life grew up on a diet of classical and Lego blocks (well actually they didn't have Legos behind the curtain, they had some similar knock off but it was good enough).

This is a plan. We've already talked about this and what is and isn't allowed in the first few years of life

 

[Martin]

This is a plan. We've already talked about this and what is and isn't allowed in the first few years of life

I'm sure you will throw in a good amount of French and Italian.

 

[Kate]

I'm sure you will throw in a good amount of French and Italian.

I have thought about the idea of him only speaking to it in English and me only speaking to it in French, but I don't want it to learn my bad habits. Also I think it could prove exhausting.

 

[Martin]

I have thought about the idea of him only speaking to it in English and me only speaking to it in French, but I don't want it to learn my bad habits. Also I think it could prove exhausting.

I've heard about these schemes, parents speaking different languages with each other (you to him in French, he to you in Spanish), to the kids and back etc. I once saw a complicated chart some nutjob had made of this.

 

[Kate]

I've heard about these schemes, parents speaking different languages with each other (you to him in French, he to you in Spanish), to the kids and back etc. I once saw a complicated chart some nutjob had made of this.

A chart! Wow. That's dedication. I read about it in some of the secondary language acquisition stuff we had to go through in uni. It sounded sensible at the time.

 

[Martin]

A chart! Wow. That's dedication. I read about it in some of the secondary language acquisition stuff we had to go through in uni. It sounded sensible at the time.

Yeah, it was two parents and 2 or 3 kids, they had 4 or 5 languages in there, no pair of two spoke the same one with each other, always two different ones.

I wonder how long they can keep that going.

 

[Kate]

Yeah, it was two parents and 2 or 3 kids, they had 4 or 5 languages in there, no pair of two spoke the same one with each other, always two different ones.

I wonder how long they can keep that going.

That's amazing, I can imagine it would either be really fun to live like that, or very tiring. But potentially very rewarding for the children.

And I feel bad for completely derailing the thread into sensible discussion.

 

[.zero]

Why did you post that, Martin?

 

[Martin]

Why did you post that, Martin?

post what?

 

[.zero]

post what?

Nevermind

It was FF 4.0 beta's glitch on rendering this site properly.

I apologize kind android

 

[blondu]

evening ladies and gentleman

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Evening Blondu.

 

[blondu]

what's the movement here sheik?

 

[Kate]

Evening Blondu. Nice avatar.

 

[blondu]

thanks alena

 

[Martin]

Nevermind

It was FF 4.0 beta's glitch on rendering this site properly.

I apologize kind android

Eff Eff is looking really sucky on my screen lately. Gotten used to the Chrome look and now I can't stand it.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

what's the movement here sheik?

No idea. But here, someone's going to bed.

 

[.zero]

Eff Eff is looking really sucky on my screen lately. Gotten used to the Chrome look and now I can't stand it.

Yea I don't know whats going on but now I'm gonna try to use Chrome as my primary. Even though the forums have never looked good or functioned properly while using Chrome.