While I was stationed in Italy . . .

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DanS — 1/14/2014 1:24:07 PM (archived)

My wife went to a Sinagog meeting in Frankfurt. She was fluent in spanish, understood a lot of French and was working on her Italian, and was more than a bit worried about speaking in Germany. She was so thrilled to find many people there spoke no German at all, but interacted in Yiddish.

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Do Native Americans speak with an accent? - ER - 1/12/2014 2:50:49 AM
- Doesn't everyone speak with an accent? - podrock - 1/14/2014 3:20:55 AM
  - I've always wanted to visit Chaco Canyon, but never made it that far. - ER - 1/14/2014 4:17:51 AM
    - Never been to Chaco - podrock - 1/14/2014 4:49:19 AM
      - Yeah, there is a "Martian Chronicles" ambiance there. - ER - 1/14/2014 5:41:39 AM
  - Everyone does speak with an accent. - ER - 1/14/2014 3:56:20 AM
- Not a trace of accent even when they say " How pale face" :) - FrankC - 1/13/2014 10:41:05 PM
- No. Not to themselves. But everyone else does. - bowser - 1/13/2014 8:03:44 PM
  - perhaps you misunderstood me. - ER - 1/14/2014 2:09:34 AM
    - Jew . . . ? - DanS - 1/14/2014 11:36:03 AM
      - New York Jews formed a distinct ethnic community. - ER - 1/14/2014 1:09:57 PM
        
        While I was stationed in Italy . . . - DanS - 1/14/2014 1:24:07 PM
        
        As I recall . . . - DanS - 1/14/2014 6:15:33 PM
        
        I am surprised there are still many Yiddish speakers in Europe, - ER - 1/14/2014 3:41:43 PM
        
        About 2% . . . ? - DanS - 1/14/2014 4:31:29 PM
- For the Native American, as I see it . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 2:07:36 PM
  - Well said... - ER - 1/13/2014 3:50:18 PM
    - South Pacific . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 6:02:42 PM
      - I'm familiar with the scene. - ER - 1/13/2014 6:17:05 PM
        
        One a bit more humorously handled . . . - DanS - 1/13/2014 7:33:14 PM

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