If he is mostly German good chance that his Italian roots are from the Italian Alps where they speak German.
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There weren't enough hand emojis ๐๐, mama Mia's, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn't fit in.
Maybe if you're mostly German, you learn to avoid wild hand gestures from a young age. Just to be safe, you know?
Well they used to teach it in schools!
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This looks like a great way to troll communities. Might do this in the France sub
Hon hon hon fellow baguette connoisseurs!
Emily in Paris was my favourite show so it makes sense!
Defarge: We are so poor! We don't even have a language! Just a stupid accent!
Peasant: She's right. She's right. We all sound like Maurice Chevalier. Honh, honh, honh!
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"or should I say us ๐ฎ๐น"
"Sopranos was my favorite show"
Oof. Imagine saying "roots was my favorite show so it makes sense my great great great grandparent was black"
My sister got a DNA test done that shows we've got 96% Italian heritage and I've never seen Sopranos.
Guess I'm a poser
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I have Italian ancestry and I've always found these guys to be cringe, but I also get why they do it . Many people in the United States yearn for meaning and interpersonal connection in their lives. "Being an Italian" provides a prepackaged, very commercialized possibility of community with little effort required - you're just born to it, so instant acceptance, right?
The reality is often less Soprano's chic and more "nonno and nonnina were illiterate farmhands who moved to the US for a better life. Nonno died from mystery cancer and all of nonnina's bones dissolved after birthing her 15th child at 24. Now chew nonnina's birthday cake for her".
In no particular order, I have French, German, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, and a teensy tiny bit of "my great great great great grandmother was native American and we actually have the proof but nobody could ever tell without a DNA test so it only gets brought up when talking about obscure family genetic lineage"
Maybe it's because my family is super midwest-usa-bible-belt, and I never even found out about most of it until a genetics test when I got married to my now wife (we wanted to know if kids would even be a medical possibility with our various issues), but I don't identify with any of the places my ancestors lived in, so there isn't a particular culture I'd like to be part of. And to be perfectly frank I'm not sure I want to be part of any culture, I just want to tend to my forest with fair ~~Goldberry~~ my wife.
You do make a good point though, if you're looking to be part of something or feel particularly drawn to a culture after being immersed in what you think it's really like, I could absolutely see this happening with 100% sincerity.
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Yeah, fuck of danes. Didn't like you anyway ๐
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fuck of danes. Didnโt like you anyway
You might be part Swedish then.
Thor remember one time many warriors lit ship full of Danes on fire. Then it sink. Was a good day for Thor!
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damn didn't realize yall would be so hostile
same feeling as: "wow very judgemental community here" lmao
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