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Old 07-29-2021, 06:44 AM
 
Location: Southern MN
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Meh, good communication is essential to good society.

The grandmas especially used to switch to Norwegian whenever they wanted to talk about something they didn't want young ears to hear. Used to drive us kids crazy.

Nearly always the first generation struggled and depended on their more flexible children to learn the language and translate for them. I see the same with our newer immigrants.
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Old 07-29-2021, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Indiana Uplands
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Around Mankato and New Ulm you'd hear hear the German accent with the older generation.

They'd say, "Today we are going to go by Grandma's house." I'd say, "As long as you are going by why don't you stop in?" LOL
That phrase would be used all the time when I was growing up- even further south (Lower Midwest). Dad's family was very German.
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