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To: haffast

Maybe it’s me but “Bergoglio’’ doesn’t sound very Spanish to me. Sounds and looks to be spelled Italian.


7 posted on 03/15/2013 12:00:15 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jmacusa

His parents immigrated to Argentina from Italy.


8 posted on 03/15/2013 12:02:24 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: jmacusa

Probably about a third of Argentina is of Italian descent. Even the way they speak Spanish is with an Italian inflection.


13 posted on 03/15/2013 12:46:37 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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