People watching

[jsfv]

I’m fascinated by a grandmother / granddaughter duo next to us at the pool. They’re both speaking English to one another, both heavily accented. I’m curious as to why they wouldn’t be using their mother tongues?

Little Girl calls the woman babushka ❤️

It can be very confusing for children speaking in different languages maybe they have taken the decision to concentrate on English.

Maybe they are practicing.

Some families that are bilingual have different rules for when they use each language, normally so the kids get the benefit of learning both correctly and don't tend to one or the other.

So for example, one language inside the house, and the other one out of it.

Yes I wondered if this was the case. We’re in Greece, largely English spoken everywhere here.

I’m always endlessly fascinated by people who speak more than one language.

Lots of bilingual families only speak familial native tongue in the homes.

Could be any number of reasons. Could be they each have a different native language and English is a lingua franca. Could be the child is growing up in an English-speaking country and granny wants to practice. Could be they’re both learning English.