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To: metmom

My Polish grandparents refused to speak Polish in the house. “We are Americans now.”


23 posted on 04/10/2025 8:22:31 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Organic Panic

My grandparents still spoken Ukrainian or Polish in the house and among their friends and relatives, but if someone was around who they knew didn’t know the language, they spoke English.

They considered it exceedingly rude to speak a language someone didn’t understand in front of them because that person could not know if they were being spoken about.


26 posted on 04/11/2025 5:18:00 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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