Subj : Measuring Stuff in Canada
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Sep 14 2021 09:05 am

Hello Wilfred!

** On Tuesday 14.09.21 - 15:21, you wrote to Jay:

JH>> Oh, that's a whole conversation unto itself.  It depends
JH>> on what you're measuring. [...]

WvV> You must be confused all the time... Can you teach that
WvV> to your children?

We seem to just "know" what to use depending on what we are
measuring.  It's like English, we know when to pronounce the
hard C vs the soft C, etc.

My first language was not English, but in the house I grew up
with both.  To me, it was like one language anyway. I would
flip to one language or the other depending on who I was
talking to, and I didn't notice any difficulty in doing that.

I remember my 1st day in kindergarten at some of the confused
looks of the other kids (and the teacher) when I talked to
them. Apparently I was using a bit of both languages at the
same time!  I caught on fast though.

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