Ruud wrote in
trotter.net:

OK, how about this one.... I'm in Quebec, a primarily French
speaking region. At home my wife and I communicate in English. Out of
habbit she would like to issue French commands to Amarok. I would
prefer English (even though Dutch is my native language, lol). Usually
you see recommended to use one word for a command only....

What's your take?



Hey Neighbour!!! Another quebecer!! I am in Gatineau (Hull sector). I am
originally english, while my fiancee is french. What I could suggest (and
keep in mind that I am not a trainer or anything like that) is to start
out in one language, be it french or english, but make sure that you get
hand commands in it as well. Once Amarok has completely understood the
original commands/signals, you might be able to fire in the other
language while using the hand signal.

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Marcel Beaudoin wrote:

Hey Neighbour!!! Another quebecer!! I am in Gatineau (Hull sector). I am
originally english, while my fiancee is french. What I could suggest (and
keep in mind that I am not a trainer or anything like that) is to start
out in one language, be it french or english, but make sure that you get
hand commands in it as well. Once Amarok has completely understood the
original commands/signals, you might be able to fire in the other
language while using the hand signal.

Exactly right. Khan "speaks" a couple of languages, and picking up one
of those was completely accidental. Every once in a while, we'd slip
and ask him to do something in a language other than English, and as
long as we were using a hand signal that he was familiar with, he
complied. For that matter, I am sure that all of our dogs answer to
more than one name, although we've probably not put any effort into
teaching them their alternate names.

Suja