[Opinions] I find it a bit funny (m)
in reply to a message by Dot
I find it funny when I am in the US and someone tells me: "Oh, you're Italian? So am I!" My internal reaction is: "No you're not. Your an American of some Italian descent." I get your point about people the "I am ___" because it's simpler, esp. amongst Americans, but for me it just looks like equating having a grandparent of a certain nationality who landed in Ellis Island in 1910 with having lived all your life in a country, speaking its language as a first language etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for people preserving their immigrant culture, but as I said, this form is a bit funny from an Eruopean point of view.Interesting about Italian names becoming popular in the US...Incidentally, Gianna is the kind of name that has pretty much fallen out of use in Italy, so it's a bit like insisting on using Celtic spellings when even "real" Scots and Irish use the anglicized ones.

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why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Murasaki  ·  1/19/2008, 10:12 AM
Re: I adore the name Lile  ·  Emma Jenny  ·  1/20/2008, 10:15 AM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Elinor  ·  1/20/2008, 6:29 AM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  1/20/2008, 2:24 PM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Laurie  ·  1/23/2008, 4:55 PM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Dot  ·  1/20/2008, 3:41 PM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Laurie  ·  1/23/2008, 5:04 PM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Elinor  ·  1/21/2008, 9:40 AM
I find it a bit funny (m)  ·  Murasaki  ·  1/21/2008, 4:50 AM
Gianna  ·  Gemma  ·  1/21/2008, 4:17 PM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  heron  ·  1/19/2008, 3:09 PM
I've been wondering the same thing for a while. (nt)  ·  Melania  ·  1/19/2008, 2:54 PM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  sunshine-babe  ·  1/19/2008, 11:38 AM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  CN  ·  1/19/2008, 11:26 AM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  quigonjecca  ·  1/19/2008, 10:35 AM
I wonder that myself.  ·  Lumiereslove  ·  1/19/2008, 10:22 AM
I'd definitely change the spelling...  ·  lac  ·  1/19/2008, 12:38 PM
Yeah I agree.  ·  Octavia  ·  1/19/2008, 1:41 PM
lol  ·  Murasaki  ·  1/20/2008, 4:52 AM
Re: lol  ·  Elinor  ·  1/20/2008, 6:34 AM
Same here. (nt)  ·  Jasmine  ·  1/19/2008, 10:30 AM
Ditto. (nt)  ·  ToveTer  ·  1/19/2008, 10:29 AM
Re: why do people seem to like Celtic names so much?  ·  Elemmennope  ·  1/19/2008, 10:18 AM