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05-24-2004, 02:54 AM

TomP wrote:

> Elisa, I was wondering why do so many of the French have Italian
> sounding last names?

There was a strong Italian immigration to France at the turn of the 20th
Century. Moreover, some parts of the South, notably Nice/Nizza, actually were
Italian cities until the later 19th Century, when they were ceded to France by
Cavour in return for services rendered in getting rid of the Austrians.
Corsica, too, likes to think of itself as having its own culture and language
but anyone can recognize that language as a thinly veiled, easily
comprehensible dialect of Italian.

But none of this has nothing to do with me. I'm a New York-born
Italian-American dual national, educated in Switzerland and the UK, living
and working in the Paris suburbs.

EFR
Ile de France

05-24-2004, 10:20 AM

"Elisa Francesca Roselli" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
>
> TomP wrote:
>
> > Elisa, I was wondering why do so many of the French have Italian
> > sounding last names?
>
> There was a strong Italian immigration to France at the turn of the 20th
> Century. Moreover, some parts of the South, notably Nice/Nizza, actually
were
> Italian cities until the later 19th Century, when they were ceded to
France by
> Cavour in return for services rendered in getting rid of the Austrians.
> Corsica, too, likes to think of itself as having its own culture and
language
> but anyone can recognize that language as a thinly veiled, easily
> comprehensible dialect of Italian.
>
> But none of this has nothing to do with me. I'm a New York-born
> Italian-American dual national, educated in Switzerland and the UK,
living
> and working in the Paris suburbs.
>
> EFR
> Ile de France
>

A couple of years ago we had some tenants on the other side of the duplex,
two corsican guys, french speaking. They were nice guys, and the fact they
were corsican was very impressive to our italian landlord. They only lived
there a year, though. I called them 'the Corsican brothers'.

05-24-2004, 10:20 AM

"Elisa Francesca Roselli" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
>
> TomP wrote:
>
> > Elisa, I was wondering why do so many of the French have Italian
> > sounding last names?
>
> There was a strong Italian immigration to France at the turn of the 20th
> Century. Moreover, some parts of the South, notably Nice/Nizza, actually
were
> Italian cities until the later 19th Century, when they were ceded to
France by
> Cavour in return for services rendered in getting rid of the Austrians.
> Corsica, too, likes to think of itself as having its own culture and
language
> but anyone can recognize that language as a thinly veiled, easily
> comprehensible dialect of Italian.
>
> But none of this has nothing to do with me. I'm a New York-born
> Italian-American dual national, educated in Switzerland and the UK,
living
> and working in the Paris suburbs.
>
> EFR
> Ile de France
>

A couple of years ago we had some tenants on the other side of the duplex,
two corsican guys, french speaking. They were nice guys, and the fact they
were corsican was very impressive to our italian landlord. They only lived
there a year, though. I called them 'the Corsican brothers'.

05-24-2004, 10:20 AM

"Elisa Francesca Roselli" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
>
> TomP wrote:
>
> > Elisa, I was wondering why do so many of the French have Italian
> > sounding last names?
>
> There was a strong Italian immigration to France at the turn of the 20th
> Century. Moreover, some parts of the South, notably Nice/Nizza, actually
were
> Italian cities until the later 19th Century, when they were ceded to
France by
> Cavour in return for services rendered in getting rid of the Austrians.
> Corsica, too, likes to think of itself as having its own culture and
language
> but anyone can recognize that language as a thinly veiled, easily
> comprehensible dialect of Italian.
>
> But none of this has nothing to do with me. I'm a New York-born
> Italian-American dual national, educated in Switzerland and the UK,
living
> and working in the Paris suburbs.
>
> EFR
> Ile de France
>

A couple of years ago we had some tenants on the other side of the duplex,
two corsican guys, french speaking. They were nice guys, and the fact they
were corsican was very impressive to our italian landlord. They only lived
there a year, though. I called them 'the Corsican brothers'.

05-24-2004, 10:20 AM

"Elisa Francesca Roselli" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
>
> TomP wrote:
>
> > Elisa, I was wondering why do so many of the French have Italian
> > sounding last names?
>
> There was a strong Italian immigration to France at the turn of the 20th
> Century. Moreover, some parts of the South, notably Nice/Nizza, actually
were
> Italian cities until the later 19th Century, when they were ceded to
France by
> Cavour in return for services rendered in getting rid of the Austrians.
> Corsica, too, likes to think of itself as having its own culture and
language
> but anyone can recognize that language as a thinly veiled, easily
> comprehensible dialect of Italian.
>
> But none of this has nothing to do with me. I'm a New York-born
> Italian-American dual national, educated in Switzerland and the UK,
living
> and working in the Paris suburbs.
>
> EFR
> Ile de France
>

A couple of years ago we had some tenants on the other side of the duplex,
two corsican guys, french speaking. They were nice guys, and the fact they
were corsican was very impressive to our italian landlord. They only lived
there a year, though. I called them 'the Corsican brothers'.

05-24-2004, 10:20 AM

"Elisa Francesca Roselli" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote in message news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
>
> TomP wrote:
>
> > Elisa, I was wondering why do so many of the French have Italian
> > sounding last names?
>
> There was a strong Italian immigration to France at the turn of the 20th
> Century. Moreover, some parts of the South, notably Nice/Nizza, actually
were
> Italian cities until the later 19th Century, when they were ceded to
France by
> Cavour in return for services rendered in getting rid of the Austrians.
> Corsica, too, likes to think of itself as having its own culture and
language
> but anyone can recognize that language as a thinly veiled, easily
> comprehensible dialect of Italian.
>
> But none of this has nothing to do with me. I'm a New York-born
> Italian-American dual national, educated in Switzerland and the UK,
living
> and working in the Paris suburbs.
>
> EFR
> Ile de France
>

A couple of years ago we had some tenants on the other side of the duplex,
two corsican guys, french speaking. They were nice guys, and the fact they
were corsican was very impressive to our italian landlord. They only lived
there a year, though. I called them 'the Corsican brothers'.