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"Nonna, stop talking English to me"

Luke Wright and wife
Source: courtesy of Luke Wright

When Aussie Luke Wright was 12, he asked his Sicilian grandmother to quit English and talk to him only in Sicilian and Italian.


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By Carlo Oreglia

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When Aussie Luke Wright was 12, he asked his Sicilian grandmother to quit English and talk to him only in Sicilian and Italian.


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