What do the people of Italy think about Italian-Americans?
When I was in America several years ago for a student exchange program, I accidentally embarrassed an American at my first party in my university. When he proclaimed to the group that he is Italian, I quickly switched to Italian language and tried to talk to him. All other students from Italy whom I was introduced to in our orientation were not there, so I was naturally overjoyed that there's another "Italian" at that party. I spoke for a very long time with him, and then when I was waiting for his response, he only muttered that he doesn't speak it. I asked, quite confused at that point, why he called himself Italian. (At this point, the other people in the group were quite uncomfortable.) He reasoned with the typical back-story as many Italian-Americans do--they have Italian ancestors, some even as recent as their grandparents, but they have been raised 100 percent of the time in America.Italian-Americans at their best, are very interesting people. They are fascinating because I am fascinated with a lot of things in America.At worst, they are very irritating. Their claim to being "Italian" is by blood and not much of anything else. Very few of them speak Italian and even fewer still know Italy's history (at times I wonder if they even bothered to learn about the history of their Italian relative). The culture they claim to have been raised in came from a subset of Italians (mostly the peasantry) who went to America and consequently evolved to fit the then-situation. "Italian" culture from the eyes of Italian-Americans is far removed from the reality of contemporary Italy. So much so that even the way some people describe Americans to the English as "two different cultures that share a common language" cannot apply to Italians and Italian-Americans. During my time in the university, I had to explain Italy and Italian culture to Americans (even to those claiming to be "Italian") because the version they know and parrot is inaccurate and at times misleading.They can call themselves Americans with Italian ancestry. They can call themselves Americans with Italian heritage. They can call it biscotti even if they're only holding up one piece. I'll be generous and say they can call themselves Italian-Americans (even though the first part is dubious). But to call themselves Italian, full stop, is inviting sharp criticism.
A man and a lady are sitting on a bike. The man said that the father in law of the lady is the father of my father in law. What is the relation between the man and the lady?
The man said: the father in law of the lady is the father of my father in lawLets break it down:First for the man:father of my father in law = lets say is Xfor the lady:father in law of the lady = X = father of the man's father in lawtherefore, The lady is the mother in law of the man
If I am born in England to Irish parents what nationality am I?
That’s pretty much me:I was born in the UK, so technically I am British and hold a British passport.However, I was raised in Dublin, went to school and university in Dublin, had my first girlfriend in Dublin, first got drunk in Dublin, spoke with a Dublin accent…my formative years and best childhood memories were in Ireland, and so that makes me more culturally Irish.When I graduated in 1988, I lived all over the world, and picked up a few languages along the way….that makes me a citizen of the world.Since the late 1990s, I have been living back in the UK (whilst still maintaining my ties with the world and with Ireland). Having seen the world, there are many values about Britain that are irreplaceable in other countries and that makes me feel proud to be British in many ways, alongside my Irish citizenship. One can have both.If there is any difference between the two, it’s this. Being Irish, I have always felt engaged with the rest of the world. Being British, I have never felt a citizen of the world. There’s a big difference in the mentality of the two countries. Ireland, because of its history, necessity, population and education system has always been outward looking. Britain has never felt the need to be so outward looking, again because of history, education system, and lack of necessity.I used to bear my British passport with pride when travelling. These days, I feel more connected with the world with my Irish passport, safely knowing that even though the harp is a symbol of national pride…its burgundy colour is a symbol of connection, engagement and openness with the rest of the world.
Your take on those who are only 25% Polish?
Just some more insight. My grandfather is 100% Polish and from what I know for sure my father is 50%. I lost my father at a young age so I don't have him around to help me with this all and I do not keep in touch with his family. My father for all I know could have a higher percentage of Polish in him and I say this because I do not know what his mother was. She passed away before I was born and I do not know her maiden name so I have not the slightest clue what her heritage is even though I was told when younger she had a bit of German in her but I do not remember the rest. I don't want people to think I go around saying I am only Polish or want to be 100%. That is not the case. When asked what my ethnicity is that is just one of two things I say I am and I am very proud of my other ethnicity as well. I have just always loved to learn about Poland and learned to speak the language. And I do not have a double barreled last name nor would get one? lol Oh and yes I am from Americ
I had a dream of my deceased Aunt, talking to me. what can this mean?
We dream about things wich we seen in our daily life, that links with other topics and you will get mixture in your dream. Some people will get future dreams sometimes we can call it's brain power. Deceased people will come in our dreams because they were in out mind without our knowledge.. what I am saying is our brain have such a power we normal people don't no to use that.Even my mom from malayalis family her elder sister expired my valyamma and after a year she came in ma dream. In dream she died and she talking with me such a words she said in ma dream that as a psychiatrist i was quite for one day full because of such a dream. She said that she is alone ther so she wished to take my mom and my another aunt along with her .. I was quite upset and my senior sir observed and he asked what happened. And I shared what happened in my dream. So i know why the dreams will come but I dono the meaning of dream. So my sir said “ don't go to find meaning of your dreams, because dreams don't have meaning.. if you disturbed by your bad dream just relax your brain for half an hour.1: listen music and sleep2: visit peaceful places3: spend time in green environment4: try to avoid sharing your dreams with more than 2 people.5: try to mix up with people who makes laugh.This 5 points even you can you after your such a bad dreams. Which is really helpful. Rarely I'll get beautiful and good dreams most of time Lott of bad dreams, because I meet many types of people at ma work place and it's obviously everything will mix up in mind so I just follow what my senior suggested me.
Which preposition is most suitable in the sentence, "I prefer coffee ____ tea", 'to' or 'than'?
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage (MDEU) suggests that to is the ordinary word used to construct comparisons using prefer: “when it is used to compare two things in the same sentence, the second […] is usually introduced by to.” They note that over (“Nine out of ten dentists prefer Crest over the competitors”), and rather than (“He prefers to stand rather than to sit”) are also used. Rather than is especially helpful when the compared items are infinitive clauses beginning with to, therefore avoiding the problem of too many tos ( * “He prefers to stand to to sit”). Above can also be used (“Prefers this brand above all others”), although they note that above, along with before, were noted by the OED as being used formerly.MDEU notes that some have criticized constructions with than and rather than, and suggests ultimately that plain than (“He would have preferred to fast than carry it”) is awkward because it is unfamiliar.With respect to colloquial speech, I think that in some informal registers you wouldn't use the verb prefer at all (which is a formal word), and would use like and a compatible syntactic comparative construction: “I like sleeping more than working”.In this case, using "prefer to" or "prefer over" would both be correct.