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electric_blue68

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12. Often true in NYC, too. Batches of majority ethnic neighborhoods...

Reply to FadedMullet (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 04:37 PM

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Hispanic, Irish, Jewish, and African-American, German in uppermost through Mid Manhattan.. Chinatown, Little Ukraine, little Italy in lower Manhattan.
Amongst others ther were Arab-American, and Carribean neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Deb's 'say thank you...' suddenly reminded me of...How many of Your Parents Spoke in their Other Language so you... [View all] electric_blue68 Nov 23 OP

My parents both spoke Slovenian, as did my grandparents and both of their extended families. So if they switched.... FadedMullet Nov 23 #1

Lots of Slovaks and Hungarians in Cleveland back then! Diamond_Dog Nov 23 #3

Yes there were. Drive a few blocks and you'd go from a Polish neighborhood, through a German one, then Italian. FadedMullet Nov 23 #5

So true. Diamond_Dog Nov 23 #6

Often true in NYC, too. Batches of majority ethnic neighborhoods... electric_blue68 Nov 23 #12

Ty.... electric_blue68 Nov 23 #10

When my sister and I were kids Diamond_Dog Nov 23 #2

TY. I guess...enough? electric_blue68 Nov 23 #11

My mother and grandmother would speak Polish in front of me MIButterfly Nov 23 #4

Ty. Hmmm, probably my mom and her mom occasionally spoke Greek in front of us. electric_blue68 Nov 23 #13

My mother and vrandmother sis the same with German. soldierant Nov 23 #17

Aha! electric_blue68 Nov 23 #20

My grandparents immigrated to America from Spain. My parents, aunts, and uncles spoke Spanish to one another. skylucy Nov 23 #7

TY. I took Spanish in HS. electric_blue68 Nov 23 #14

My mother could speak Polish with her sisters and parents. My dad could speak Italian. Srkdqltr Nov 23 #8

Ty. electric_blue68 Nov 23 #15

No secrets in my family. CrispyQ Nov 23 #9

TY. 😄 electric_blue68 Nov 23 #16

Wouldn't Have Worked ProfessorGAC Nov 23 #18

That's pretty funny. You probably had some natural ability. electric_blue68 Nov 23 #21

Don't Know ProfessorGAC Nov 23 #23

Still, natural ability. I was often hearing my mom, and her relatives speaking Greek but didn't catch it.... electric_blue68 Nov 23 #24

Yeah, I Don't Remember It Either ProfessorGAC Monday #25

My gradeparents did. But I spent alot of time with my grandparents and understood Ukrainian some Yiddish.The swear words debm55 Nov 23 #19

Good for you. Hahaha - tbe swear worlds... I only know one mild one in Greek... electric_blue68 Nov 23 #22

sometime around the teddy roosevelt administration rampartd Monday #26

My sister-in-law and my son-in-law COULD have done that DFW Monday #27

all my family has been here for generations so no other strange language besides my samnsara Monday #28

My mom spoke Polish to her sister over the phone & dad sure let the Serb swear word a fly SheltieLover Monday #29

I am umpteen generations away from the first ancestors who arrived here. yellowdogintexas Monday #30