Articles Tagged: bilingual child

Achtung Baby: Celebrate Bilingual Child Month? Not yet!

By Suze Nowak, Oct 23, 2011

It appears that the beer-quaffing, Lederhosen-slapping, Sauerkraut-gorging, heaving-cleavage which encompasses Oktoberfest has some competition. Given that this competition comes bearing the title "Celebrate The Bilingual Child Month" however, I'm guessing the beer-vendors are unlikely to be losing any sleep.

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Achtung Baby or My gift to you

By Suze Nowak, Feb 17, 2011

There are some German words which trip off the English tongue without having been given a second thought. A number of them ...

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Achtung Baby or My baby has got WHAT?

By Suze Nowak, Feb 13, 2011

I've lived in Germany for almost a decade. My German is pretty good but it's not perfect and it never will be. That's not so ...

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Achtung Baby or Breaking wind

By Suze Nowak, Jan 9, 2011

There are a few advantages to getting older. You might be one of the first to be released in a hostage situation for one. ...

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Achtung Baby or A fraction difficult

By Suze Nowak, Jan 6, 2011

Of course I didn't expect Finje to have any concept of the New Year's Resolution, never mind actually make one. I may have ...

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Achtung Baby or English, German and.....Elf?

By Suze Nowak, Dec 12, 2010

A frequently asked question aimed at those of us lucky enough to speak another language other than our mother tongue, is ...

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Achtung Baby or The circus comes to town

By Suze Nowak, Oct 28, 2010

I'm not a fan of the circus especially here in Germany where the use of wild animals is still allowed. Surely these ...

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Achtung Baby or Do what with the what what?

By Suze Nowak, Apr 8, 2010

One advantage of living abroad is the option to blame certain faux pas on your Johnny Foreigner status. Cultural or language ...

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