Italians vs Italian-Americans: The Family Italy Just Disowned

With a simple decree, Italy cut most of its diaspora out of citizenship. But the cultural dismissal of our cousins across the ocean was already there.

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Two truths and a lie about Italian-American speech:

1. Gabagool comes from capocollo.

2. Mutzadell comes from mozzarella.

3. They are both gibberish.

Number three is t…