The oldest twins are speaking to me in Spanish. Goddamn multilingual bullshit.
Looney Tunes never ruined my generation with that bullshit. I knew I should have blocked Nickelodeon and its communist bullshit.
ITS THE MAP!
Teach them a real language. Like German. Or Klingon.
Whole sentences or just a word at a time?
Are they the really spooky kind of movie twins that speak in unison?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 12, 2011, 04:32:28 PM
Whole sentences or just a word at a time?
Are they the really spooky kind of movie twins that speak in unison?
Words, and the occasional phrases.
And yes, they do the weird twin stuff. I think they can control objects with their minds.
Quote from: Tyr on March 12, 2011, 04:30:48 PM
Teach them a real language. Like German. Or Klingon.
Same thing.
And what the fuck is with Boots? Is he fucking Dora? What about that fucking retard bull Benny? Why hasn't he been turned into hamburgers?
Also, who controls that creepy arrow that follows her around? Pedobear?
Do they speak Spanish to you because they think it's all one language or because they're trying to fuck with your brain?
On the flip side, my Puerto Rican babysitter's two kids are growing up refusing to speak a word of Span(gl)ish. She tried to force them to watch Spanish-language versions of their favorite channels but they apparently refused :lol:
For whatever reason, Tommy won't speak to my wife in Spanish, but I can get him to do it. He understands everything, but prefers to speak English.
Dora & Diego dropped out of Tommy's rotation a while back. I wasn't a huge fan of it. Now if I could just get him to stop watching Max & Ruby obsessively. Damned canucklehead programming...
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 12, 2011, 04:57:24 PM
Do they speak Spanish to you because they think it's all one language or because they're trying to fuck with your brain?
I think at this age kids know it's a different language, so it's obviously the latter.
Quote from: derspiess on March 12, 2011, 05:24:17 PM
Dora & Diego dropped out of Tommy's rotation a while back. I wasn't a huge fan of it. Now if I could just get him to stop watching Max & Ruby obsessively. Damned canucklehead programming...
Max is a retard. Ruby should smother him.
Oh what I have to look forward to. :(
Quote from: Barrister on March 12, 2011, 06:44:58 PM
Oh what I have to look forward to. :(
That multicultural crap that comes out of Canada should be considered a war crime. At least you missed the Bob the Builder English shit and the Icelandic Lazy Town.
And this shows how fucking bored I am. Raging against children's TV.
I have to shovel out approx 10 cubic yards of snow today to get at my trailer for the move.
I hurt.
What's horrible about a kid learning bits and pieces of a second language?
Hopefully they don't go ahead with the tween Dora, I think people complained about it a few years ago.
My nieces go to private school, so the 7 year old now speaks Japanese.
Quote from: derspiess on March 12, 2011, 05:24:17 PM
On the flip side, my Puerto Rican babysitter's two kids are growing up refusing to speak a word of Span(gl)ish. She tried to force them to watch Spanish-language versions of their favorite channels but they apparently refused :lol:
For whatever reason, Tommy won't speak to my wife in Spanish, but I can get him to do it. He understands everything, but prefers to speak English.
Dora & Diego dropped out of Tommy's rotation a while back. I wasn't a huge fan of it. Now if I could just get him to stop watching Max & Ruby obsessively. Damned canucklehead programming...
Totally anecdotal, but the general rule I'd heard is that Spanish-speaking bilingual families lose their Spanish fluency in 3 generations...
Quote from: DontSayBanana on March 12, 2011, 11:11:21 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 12, 2011, 05:24:17 PM
On the flip side, my Puerto Rican babysitter's two kids are growing up refusing to speak a word of Span(gl)ish. She tried to force them to watch Spanish-language versions of their favorite channels but they apparently refused :lol:
For whatever reason, Tommy won't speak to my wife in Spanish, but I can get him to do it. He understands everything, but prefers to speak English.
Dora & Diego dropped out of Tommy's rotation a while back. I wasn't a huge fan of it. Now if I could just get him to stop watching Max & Ruby obsessively. Damned canucklehead programming...
Totally anecdotal, but the general rule I'd heard is that Spanish-speaking bilingual families lose their Spanish fluency in 3 generations...
Me and some of my cousins lost it in 2.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 12, 2011, 11:30:30 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on March 12, 2011, 11:11:21 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 12, 2011, 05:24:17 PM
On the flip side, my Puerto Rican babysitter's two kids are growing up refusing to speak a word of Span(gl)ish. She tried to force them to watch Spanish-language versions of their favorite channels but they apparently refused :lol:
For whatever reason, Tommy won't speak to my wife in Spanish, but I can get him to do it. He understands everything, but prefers to speak English.
Dora & Diego dropped out of Tommy's rotation a while back. I wasn't a huge fan of it. Now if I could just get him to stop watching Max & Ruby obsessively. Damned canucklehead programming...
Totally anecdotal, but the general rule I'd heard is that Spanish-speaking bilingual families lose their Spanish fluency in 3 generations...
Me and some of my cousins lost it in 2.
<_<
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 12, 2011, 11:30:30 PM
Me and some of my cousins lost it in 2.
And yet, what you picked up wasn't quite English. :P
It's "my cousins and I." ;)
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 06:54:13 PM
And this shows how fucking bored I am. Raging against children's TV.
If only they had crossed Dora over with Battlestar Galactica!
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 12, 2011, 11:30:30 PM
Me and some of my cousins lost it in 2.
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South Korea, is this who you want teaching your children Engrish?!
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 13, 2011, 12:04:18 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 12, 2011, 11:30:30 PM
Me and some of my cousins lost it in 2.
South Korea, is this who you want teaching your children Engrish?!
Hey, would you rather he teach your children? Let the koreans have him :D
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 13, 2011, 12:04:18 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 12, 2011, 11:30:30 PM
Me and some of my cousins lost it in 2.
South Korea, is this who you want teaching your children Engrish?!
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Consumer product documentation for stuff coming out of Korea will get even worse in the next few years.
Quote from: Ideologue on March 12, 2011, 07:39:12 PM
What's horrible about a kid learning bits and pieces of a second language?
SIGH
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2011, 12:01:25 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 06:54:13 PM
And this shows how fucking bored I am. Raging against children's TV.
If only they had crossed Dora over with Battlestar Galactica!
Now you're on the trolley.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on March 13, 2011, 10:11:45 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2011, 12:01:25 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 06:54:13 PM
And this shows how fucking bored I am. Raging against children's TV.
If only they had crossed Dora over with Battlestar Galactica!
Now you're on the trolley.
Trolley?
Quote from: Barrister on March 12, 2011, 06:44:58 PM
Oh what I have to look forward to. :(
I'm lucky Dora around here is English & French. No Bullshit Spanish!
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on March 13, 2011, 10:32:35 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2011, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on March 13, 2011, 10:11:45 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 13, 2011, 12:01:25 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 06:54:13 PM
And this shows how fucking bored I am. Raging against children's TV.
If only they had crossed Dora over with Battlestar Galactica!
Now you're on the trolley.
Trolley?
:rolleyes:
Just breaks your heart sometimes.
Hey Ed, what's the red text on your new avatar say?
Who knows. I only picked it because of 'Mickey as the Emperor' theme and I was out of good shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 13, 2011, 07:55:09 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on March 12, 2011, 07:39:12 PM
What's horrible about a kid learning bits and pieces of a second language?
SIGH
A second language is a valuable, marketable skill.
Quote from: Ideologue on March 13, 2011, 09:02:55 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 13, 2011, 07:55:09 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on March 12, 2011, 07:39:12 PM
What's horrible about a kid learning bits and pieces of a second language?
SIGH
A second language is a valuable, marketable skill.
He's sighing because you're taking his rant too seriously.
Oh.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 06:52:09 PM
the Icelandic Lazy Town.
:x
Dora here is italian & english. I can't see the usefulness of teaching italian to the kids.
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on March 14, 2011, 03:23:56 AM
I can't see the usefulness of teaching italian to the kids.
:huh:
Quote from: Pedrito on March 14, 2011, 03:23:56 AM
:x
Dora here is italian & english. I can't see the usefulness of teaching italian to the kids.
L.
I did catch myself thinking when I was in Italy that knowing Italian might have been at least a bit useful.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 04:33:56 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 12, 2011, 04:32:28 PM
Whole sentences or just a word at a time?
Are they the really spooky kind of movie twins that speak in unison?
Words, and the occasional phrases.
And yes, they do the weird twin stuff. I think they can control objects with their minds.
Like controlling their Dad with their minds. :D
Quote from: KRonn on March 14, 2011, 10:07:29 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 12, 2011, 04:33:56 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 12, 2011, 04:32:28 PM
Whole sentences or just a word at a time?
Are they the really spooky kind of movie twins that speak in unison?
Words, and the occasional phrases.
And yes, they do the weird twin stuff. I think they can control objects with their minds.
Like controlling their Dad with their minds. :D
I'm not the strict one. :)
Quote from: Valmy on March 14, 2011, 09:31:10 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on March 14, 2011, 03:23:56 AM
:x
Dora here is italian & english. I can't see the usefulness of teaching italian to the kids.
L.
I did catch myself thinking when I was in Italy that knowing Italian might have been at least a bit useful.
I think the idea is that the kids already know Italian.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 14, 2011, 03:54:53 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on March 14, 2011, 03:23:56 AM
I can't see the usefulness of teaching italian to the kids.
:huh:
Italian-speaking people will be outnumbered in Italy within 50 years. :)
Soon, only one wop out of ten will be able to talk with their hands.
Quote from: Malthus on March 14, 2011, 04:38:55 PM
I think the idea is that the kids already know Italian.
So the show is being used to teach them English...
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 14, 2011, 05:03:36 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 14, 2011, 04:38:55 PM
I think the idea is that the kids already know Italian.
So the show is being used to teach them English...
Here, the show is mostly *in* English, but introduces words and phrases in Spanish. The idea it seems is to introduce English-speaking kids to Spanish.
I presume that the beef with the Italian version is that it is assuming that the kids speak English and 'trying' to teach them words & phrases in Italian.
That and a giant pedophile arrow likes to follow little girls and their pet monkeys around.
Quote from: Malthus on March 14, 2011, 05:08:37 PM
Here, the show is mostly *in* English, but introduces words and phrases in Spanish. The idea it seems is to introduce English-speaking kids to Spanish.
I presume that the beef with the Italian version is that it is assuming that the kids speak English and 'trying' to teach them words & phrases in Italian.
That sounds like a rather odd choice for Italian television programming. :huh:
Quote from: Malthus on March 14, 2011, 05:08:37 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 14, 2011, 05:03:36 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 14, 2011, 04:38:55 PM
I think the idea is that the kids already know Italian.
So the show is being used to teach them English...
Here, the show is mostly *in* English, but introduces words and phrases in Spanish. The idea it seems is to introduce English-speaking kids to Spanish.
I presume that the beef with the Italian version is that it is assuming that the kids speak English and 'trying' to teach them words & phrases in Italian.
That's just stupid, why wouldn't they dub it so that it does the opposite?
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 14, 2011, 03:49:15 PM
I'm not the strict one. :)
Hopefully you're strict with the boy, at least.
I ran into my first geek car window stickers. Fucking nerds.
Since I forgot to take the damn picture, an internet example:
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