tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post1309939625315894510..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Caner Brothers - Raised by Their GrandmaTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-26496866839057350932010-06-02T19:05:44.850+01:002010-06-02T19:05:44.850+01:00If English is not your first language, it is obvio...If English is not your first language, it is obvious it should be your second. If English is your first language, it is not so clear as to what should be your second--but in Texas, it should be Spanish.<br /><br />If a person speaks three languages, you call them trilingual. If they speak two, they are bilingual. If they speak one, you call them Americans. A bit overstated, but definitely Bennett Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200940136846753450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-42210621572734409722010-06-02T18:28:17.715+01:002010-06-02T18:28:17.715+01:00Here's something that has not been brought out...Here's something that has not been brought out yet about raising and disciplining "Swedish" children.<br /><br />I have some "Swedish" missionary friends. I met them in the middle 1970's when they came to the United States to study our 'way' of communal living at several of our "christian ranches" where people could come to detox from drugs or unwind Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-2240765453472339882010-06-02T15:57:02.923+01:002010-06-02T15:57:02.923+01:00The post is evidence that Caner's primary care...The post is evidence that Caner's primary caregiver was (as far as we know) a Swedish Lutheran, not a Muslim.Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-40702440861171734252010-06-02T15:51:33.125+01:002010-06-02T15:51:33.125+01:00I should preface this comment... I agree with you ...I should preface this comment... I agree with you that the evidence is overwhelming that Caner has fabricated and embellished much of his testimony.<br /><br />But, this post isn't much of an argument against Caner's claims about his upbringing. Wouldn't it fit well with the idea of a single working mother and a grandmother who stays home? In a situation like that, you can't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-91016077583486373542010-06-02T12:47:15.625+01:002010-06-02T12:47:15.625+01:00Lockheed,
Thanks for your comment. I've upda...Lockheed,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I've updated the post.<br /><br />- TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-31740341901037955752010-06-02T05:05:06.904+01:002010-06-02T05:05:06.904+01:00Just as Latin has no single words for either "...Just as Latin has no single words for either "uncle" or "aunt", Swedish has no single words equivalent to either "grandmother" or "grandfather", but must specify which side of the family the relationship is through. <b>Swedish</b> does this concisely, using far to mean "father", mor to mean "mother", for:<br /><br /><b> * mormor, &Lockheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433104440503646253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-40849565371409984802010-06-02T02:48:07.851+01:002010-06-02T02:48:07.851+01:00Another bit of information that seems to fit firml...Another bit of information that seems to fit firmly in the wall of facts.Bennett Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200940136846753450noreply@blogger.com