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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, you're going to do what you want to do.  
Yes, if you will offend some people.   if passing on your "culture" is more important to you than not offending people, that's your prerogative.  But don't pretend like other people are "wrong" for being offended. [/quote]

“culture” in quotation marks?[/quote]

Yes.   [/quote]

Not the OP but a mom raising bilingual kids. If by culture you mean the words that only exist in my language that convey a specific emotion or action than yes, it is worth offending the sort of people who would take offense at this. It is not just culture, I don't think, language is also a different way of experiencing the life around you. I can live and express my days in 3 different languages, and I will not take this away from my kids. 
But back to OPs Q. Not rude at all when your kids are young. I find it rude if everyone's past language learning age and you are in a social group and start talking in a language not everyone can understand. Of course emergencies between spouses like "oh no! the car's being towed!" don't count.[/quote]

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