Re: [Cz-L] Are we Rumanians ?

Hi Hardy,

What dominant language did you speak at home with your parents, or your parents with theirs besides Yiddish maybe?

 
Julian

--- On Fri, 2/25/11, HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> wrote:

> From: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
> Subject: [Cz-L] Are we Rumanians ?
> To: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 11:08 AM
> Long ago my son came home from school
> with a question:
> " Daddy, are we Rumanians ?"
> " God forbid ,  Who asked you ?"
>   " Kids at  school . In the records you and
> mommy are Rumanians".
>     If not rumanians , what are we then ?"
>    I was confused but started explaining :
>   " I am from the Bukovina . In 1914 this province
> became Rumania".
>    " So you came from Rumania , thats simple
> ," said my son.
>     " Wait a minute , before 1914 the Austrians
> ruled for 200 years,
>      before this the Moldovans and the
> Turks , the Poles ,the Romans
>     and the Dacians ."
>      " So what are we then ?" so my son
> .
>       " Sorry , son, I dont know who ruled
> before the Daks
>        maybe Saks 5th Ave."
>
>      If B. reads this it will get the
> axe ,
> Hardy
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