tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post746430333869527422..comments2024-03-28T20:14:57.317+01:00Comments on Orchids and Onions: Displacing the past. Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-22173306139410706822019-10-12T07:58:26.372+02:002019-10-12T07:58:26.372+02:00Accents are an interesting thing. Assuming your fr...Accents are an interesting thing. Assuming your friend's mother didn't then surround herself with other German expats while living in America, the Italian women two houses up from me were able to keep speaking Italian as they were living in a community of Italian immigrants in this area of San Francisco. Given that, I can see why their accents haven't softened much in all these years. <br /><br /><br /><br />Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-71849976700180214362019-10-12T07:13:43.806+02:002019-10-12T07:13:43.806+02:00Yes, it's a real shame. It's great that sh...Yes, it's a real shame. It's great that she's able to bunk with her friend in the interim.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-7093251789376882362019-10-12T05:55:31.227+02:002019-10-12T05:55:31.227+02:00Best of luck to your new Italian friend. It's ...Best of luck to your new Italian friend. It's a shame that people are being displaced from places they have been their whole lives because their salaries didn't grow as fast as the real estate. Mr. Shifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061232966394052314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-7080167217064256362019-10-11T16:09:46.868+02:002019-10-11T16:09:46.868+02:00I hope things work out for her. I'm always pu...I hope things work out for her. I'm always puzzled that people can live here so many years, but still have an accent. I think when they've been here longer than wherever they came from it seems odd. A good friend of mine's mother was from Germany. She left Germany when she was a young newly married woman......over 50 years ago. But, she always had an accent right up to her death. She once told me she worked hard to keep her accent. I never got to ask her why you would do that. She was a US citizen and never went back to Germany, so it seems odd to me. The climate right now is scary for folks from other countries, legal or otherwise. My heart breaks for the fear they live with daily.<br /><a href="https://4ccccs.blogspot.com/2019/10/finish-writing-this-post.html" rel="nofollow">Sandy's Space</a>Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141251905909903805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-89162144924315566992019-10-09T19:29:57.527+02:002019-10-09T19:29:57.527+02:00Were you ever late with the rent money? And, if so...Were you ever late with the rent money? And, if so, how did he react, I wonder?Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-51301646960820356012019-10-09T12:10:34.998+02:002019-10-09T12:10:34.998+02:00I once had an Italian landlord here who could not ...I once had an Italian landlord here who could not speak a word of English. He would knock on the door and wait for the rent in cash.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-1779097730166968612019-10-09T05:00:41.113+02:002019-10-09T05:00:41.113+02:00I thought about that as well, but, you know, I thi...I thought about that as well, but, you know, I think that the unit might not have been up to code, so it may have been unsafe to live in. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-45480308160011010862019-10-09T04:59:55.752+02:002019-10-09T04:59:55.752+02:00Me, too. It's wonderful she has an old friend ...Me, too. It's wonderful she has an old friend able to take her in (in the short-term). Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-42008081482616628632019-10-09T02:19:21.198+02:002019-10-09T02:19:21.198+02:00And one more hoping for her success, or even her f...And one more hoping for her success, or even her former home reinstated.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-65306572790894287762019-10-08T23:41:54.431+02:002019-10-08T23:41:54.431+02:00I hope she finds accommodations soon. I hope she finds accommodations soon. Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-31632726102560393052019-10-08T21:56:41.221+02:002019-10-08T21:56:41.221+02:00She seemed very chill, but I do know what you'...She seemed very chill, but I do know what you're saying. Her friend (my neighbor) had a very pronounced accent as well. I can imagine that when this woman came over she had a lot of other Italian speakers to engage with, so she may not have always spoken the target language, English, in her daily life. She was a real fire-cracker. My hope is that she'd have stable accommodation soon. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-75612193141517895322019-10-08T21:53:23.701+02:002019-10-08T21:53:23.701+02:00Fingers crossed indeed. My father's accent wa...Fingers crossed indeed. My father's accent was largely absent - unless he was tired, stressed or anxious. I wonder whether some of your new friend's accent was accentuated by stress?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com