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Immigrant
is an American word used to describe the huge influx of people
to the States between 1800 and 1910. This included five million
Germans, four million Irish, and five million Central Europeans
and Italians - enough foreign language speakers to destabilise,
if not overwhelm English.
But these new immigrants wanted to become part of American society
so wholeheartedly embraced English bringing with them words
like schlep, kosher, capo, pizza, delicatessen, spiel and many
others. At home, they may have generally used their respective
mother tongues but, in society, English was used. Even now,
many Americans are bilingual.
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Do you know where the word 'avocado' came from? |
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With series producers, Simon Elmes and Tony Phillips. |
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