Hi Donna,
Blue type today ... to annoy PennyDP
In a message dated 3/9/2022 1:48:39 PM Mountain Standard Time,
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hi Dennis, As for the WW2 question, I have no idea! Not very informed on WW2
history but I am reading Daughters of Yalta right now! It's true, but not
informed much on the details. I think about the lonely grunt in the trench
asking, "which direction are we shooting today?" John wasn't able to get dual
citizenship. It had to do with when his great-grandfather naturalized but I
don't remember the details. It was important to us at the time because we
wanted to move to Italy. That didn't work out for a couple of reasons. We can
visit as tourists for up to 3 months at a time, and we're looking forward to
when John retires so we can stay longer. bummer. It would be fun to have a
backup citizenship As for Sinatra's mother knowing so many dialects, I'd say
that's highly unusual! Italians are known for staying close to where they grew
up, especially in the past. I'm happy to say that the only part of Italy we've
been where understanding a dialect was a problem is Sicily. I credit that to
their isolation and being quite backward in many ways. if I recall, Italy did
not become a nation-state until about 1900. prior it was a gazillion fiefdoms
... a left over from feudalism. That would partly explain the many dialects.
Thanks. Have a great trip. DP Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy
smartphone -------- Original message --------From: "dpolhill("dpolhill")"
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Date: 3/9/22 3:19 PM (GMT-05:00)To:
fhs-65@freelists.orgSubject: [fhs-65] Re: Italy! Hi Donna,
I wanted to ask how John's dual citizenship was working out? We watched a bio
of Frank Sinatra and his mom in NJ could speak 29 or so different dialects of
Italian and often acted as neighborhood translator. And it is true that Italy
changed sides during WW II but they did not do much of anything to help once
they were on our side and Mussolini was dead.Thanks.Dp
In a message dated 3/8/2022 6:13:17 PM Mountain Standard Time,
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
We just booked our flights to Italy for a trip we've had to postpone twice!
We'll be there 2 weeks ( first half of May). Four nights on Lake Como. 4 on
Lake Garda, then 4 in Cortona, our home away from home in Tuscany. We're going
with another couple, our best friends and travel buddies.I AM SO EXCITED!Donna
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