Exactly, my mom was actually born in Alabama, but did not speak English until elementary school. She was fluent in Italian and French, as well as Sicilian. My dad spoke Italian fluently, as well as Calabrese, Spanish, and some Portuguese. The Romance languages are so similar.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Meade Dillon via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 1:26 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Meade Dillon Subject: Re: [MBZ] Racism THAT'S funny! The two dialects are probably so different that either your relatives needed a translator or spoke a common third language, maybe Italian. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:19 PM Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I'm a mixed race background. Half Sicilian, half Calabrese. 100% American. > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
