Languages (was Re: [Sca-cooks] globetrotting)

[Karen O]

Naomi shared:
> It was more a matter of my grandparents refusing to teach us Italian
because they felt it would make us less American.   They came to this
country and felt that in order to be American they had to speak only
english. (of course all their fighting was done in italian)<

    YEP! this family too!  Only English was tolerated, the kids (all 8) were
not taught Polish at all  -- just spoken between the P A R E N T S to keep a
secret.

    Caointiarn Ostrowski