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A question to the Europeans…

I know it’s a running joke that some U.S. born citizens like to identify with their European roots (even if they go back generations) but are generally not accepted as such in Europe. But how do you feel about the first generation—the children of immigrants here, from your countries ? Do you see them as having the right to claim the European identity of their parents even though they’re personally U.S. born ?
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If they speak with an American accent then they are American. That is the way it works here.
@TheDeathOfOzymandiaz Suppose they speak English with American accents but have learned Gaelic through Irish parents ? I actually have an Irish-born friend whose native accent is almost gone (except when she’s angry) but she still speaks Gaelic to her parents when phoning them. She’s been here for almost 35 years.
@bijouxbroussard Being able to speak Irish is a plus. Also, the fact she was born in Ireland. Most people would hear the accent and assume that linguistically and culturally she is American. Even if she claimed to be Irish.

Irish people are very precious about this kind of thing 😂
antonioioio · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard you haven't a clue
@antonioioio Why do you say that ?
antonioioio · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard 1or 2% of irish would have gaelic from their parents as their first language and those few would be fluent in English by the age of age of 5 and very rarely anyone from Ireland would ever louse their accent
@antonioioio I’m not sure what to say. I’ve known her since 1999, and her accent is more subtle than other Irish natives I have known, including that of her parents, when they have visited. Whether or not that’s by intent, isn’t something I could know.
antonioioio · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard you can learn to.use other accents or hide your native one but when a person gets cross or upset they can't hide it
@antonioioio That’s her situation exactly. Her children tease her about it. 😊