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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
Had to Goggle the secone saying. Maybe I learn Italian in retirement.
Mother and father was Americanized before their children were born as we only spoke English. My father was Portugese and my mother had to learn it, as he refused to learn Italian.
They used to start sentences in english and then jump to portugese to keep us from knowing what they were saying. They had friends over and would speak in their native tongues.
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"Whatever will be will be"......
"Maybe they think you are in the mob"........what, a nice guy like you?
We only spoke English at home also.
My dad spoke Italian to his family, especially his mother.
All the rest spoke English.
Ditto for my mom who spoke Ukrainian to her mother only.