I just shared this with Bazooka Joe , and I might as well share it with you all...this is 100% true story:
My parents Honey Mooned at Niagra Falls, and I was born on July 1st....Canada day.......I may be Candian by proxy...
Doc Vito
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| Author: | DOC VITO [ Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I may indeed be Canadian... |
I just shared this with Bazooka Joe , and I might as well share it with you all...this is 100% true story: My parents Honey Mooned at Niagra Falls, and I was born on July 1st....Canada day.......I may be Candian by proxy... Doc Vito
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| Author: | SSgt Burton [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
| Do you say "eh?" a lot?  Kevin |
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| Author: | DOC VITO [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
Take off eh...you hoser!  Actually around this block, the end tag usually is, "know what I mean" .Niagra falls!............slowly I turned When ever I tease my parents about this , Mom laughs, Dad blushes, but the story gets even better, her sister gave birth to my cousin Jimmy the same exact day  They were put the in the same room at the hospital, where both my parents worked, my Mom in Cardiology, my Dad, as a Pharmacist. It actually made the papers .............Jimmy and I are still close today. Talk about timing.....Doc Vito  "signals real clean"
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| Author: | Xeno_Stomper [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
Ah, if the walls of the honeymoon suites in Niagara Falls could only talk! It worked for Superman Right on Vito! But, if you shook a family tree, a Canuck is bound to fall out! Myself, I was born in Portland Oregon, and I was an American for a whole week. My mother (who is from Edmonton), tried to get me back home to give birth, but didn't make it. But, I figure being here 40 years is good enough for me. On a side note, it has been a riot  trying to apply for my passport for next years Dcon... Except for my half brother (whom I haven't seen in over 18 years), it's just me who's left from my family, and I have no information on my parents and family, so it shall be interesting to see if they actually give me a passport or not?
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| Author: | DOC VITO [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
Xeno you may be right. My father is Italian, my mother German.My Fathers Family is from a VERY small town called Faeto, near Foggia, which is located @ right over "The heal of the Boot" if you look at the map of Italy. The dialect spoken is a Franco-provincal dilution called Faetar, it has no written form. I had contacted a Linguist, Proff. Nagy, who was originally at Penn State University ,concerning textual materials on the dialect. I do remember some, but since the grandparents passed,  I dont hear it any more, they spoke excellent English, and Neopoloitan Italian. However, Faetar was "Encription" , when they chose to exclude "little pitchers with big ears" . Now here is the 'Proof" of Xeno's theory about shaking out a Canuck from the family tree...  1. Proff. Nagy is now at the University of Torronto, and why??  2. The two biggest enclaves of People who speak this dailect (less than 1650 world wide are located in The fairfield county area of Connecticut ,(my home) and TORRONTO Ive got to get up to Torronto....my last name is spelled D'Aiuto anyone ever see it? BTW...I like Labatts  Semper-Fi..."Doc" Vito |
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| Author: | SGM Baldwin [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
I've actually made Cpl Smith an honorary Canadian... perhaps a new yearly award for DCon?
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| Author: | Wookiemart [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
OK but what would that mean, that a marine was in service while covered in maple syrup and bacon bits? |
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| Author: | DOC VITO [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
Dont tease.......... "Doc" Vito |
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| Author: | Xeno_Stomper [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
That's quite the heritage Doc! My household was the same way... For about 8 years (my mom passed away a day before my 6th b-day, then was adopted by my mother's oldest sister), and from 6 to 14, we spoke a mish-mash of Ukrainian, Russian and French... But mostly Ukrainian, no English. And now, I can't remember NOTHING! It's all gone! I can barely speak English as it is The other half of the family was German as well, but it was forbidden in our house since my dad was a WW2 vet. He was in the Russian army (against his will)... I have been trying to learn German for a while, but so far, it's pretty sad  The dialect spoken is a Franco-provincal dilution called Faetar, it has no written form. I had contacted a Linguist, Proff. Nagy, who was originally at Penn State University ,concerning textual materials on the dialect. I do remember some, but since the grandparents passed, I dont hear it any more, they spoke excellent English, and Neopoloitan Italian. However, Faetar was "Encription" , when they chose to exclude "little pitchers with big ears" . North American Ukrainian is the same way. Way back in the olden days , if I were to go the Ukraine, they wouldn't of been able to understand me, and vice-versa, because of the bastardization of the original dialect. But that's the human tribe for ya!Thanks for sharing Doc, it's great finding out where people come from and their family history. In one way or another, we are part of the same family (the good and sadly...the bad)
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| Author: | Russ Krook III [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
Quote: OK but what would that mean, that a marine was in service while covered in maple syrup and bacon bits? You had me at "Maple Syrup." Russ |
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| Author: | Xeno_Stomper [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:42 pm ] | ||
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Mmmm Maple Syrup...
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| Author: | SGM Baldwin [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
According to Wikipedia, Faetar has 700 active speakers. Esperanto has a better chance of survival than this. |
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| Author: | DOC VITO [ Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
Numbers going way down Dom... 
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| Author: | Tarim-rex [ Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I may indeed be Canadian... |
They should start recording it before it's gone |
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