tinydancer
Diamond Member
But not the Queen's English so you did it wrong...My Baba and Gido were proud to have conquered the English language. To master English is no small feat. And yes, they did everything they could to assimilate but still held on to their heritage. Consequently I went to a Ukrainian school to learn to read and write in Ukrainian and of course dancing lessons as well. But in the home, everyone spoke English.
And most certainly in public English was spoken. It was considered rude to speak anything other than English in front of others.
Most certainly the Queen's English. My dad's side of the family were from Ireland and England. Then there was the southern branch of the family. Now that's a whole different kinda English. It used to make my mother crazy every time I spoke "southern".
"Fixin" to do something drove her up the wall.