I didn't befriend him back in case you wonder.
Damn you Jakelong! :D
Not sure how majority ==> culture fully represented. Blacks are a minority and yet African Aermican culture is fully represented in the US.
Well - are you sure those 1.5 million people fully represent Italian culture - and exact copy - in all aspects of their lives?
Faulty analogy.
No, it isn't. There are many similarities with humans and chimps. It all matters how much you think is "Enough" - is there some sort of limit?
But it would be represnted FULLY by that one person.
What if that person dies? The whole culture is gone.
Bye bye - should've forced it down other helpless peoples throats so it wouldn't die out.
Its plenty.
Well, it matters how many of those 1.5 million fully represent EVERY SINGLE aspect of Italian culture. I doubt the majority of them do, learning a language is one thing, fully representing a culture across an ocean is another.
That the Italian lamguge as something unified came was NOT needed for Italian culture to be totally successful,
What? You DO know that language isn't all of culture?
Sure it can.
Can you PROVE that - if Italy died - that the Italian culture of Argentina would always stay alive?
Can you really prove it?
So long as there's at least 1.5 million who can I don't see why not.
There aren't 1.5 million practicing full Italian culture. There are 1.5 million that speak Italian - be it because they learned it in school, their parents, or something else. The vast majority of them don't fully practice the WHOLE Italian culture.
If ONE aspect of Italian culture isn't practiced in one person - they are not a good representation of Italian culture.
Culture can't survive in bits and pieces...
You no sense make.
You asked which side of the Atlantic destroyed Italian language - but Argentina shouldn't have any affect on Italy itself - only the language that came from Italy present in Argentina.
We're talking about Italian culture and how it is something living breathing that evolves and CHANGES. The italian culture of the original immigrants in Argentine was a snapshot of Italy in 1850s. The italain culture of the new italian immigrants in Argentine is a snapshot of Italy in the late 20th century. Either way both are Italian culture,
And? I'm not denying that culture changes. But, when one culture is dominated or forced to change because of ANOTHER culture - that is a problem.
Italian culture isn't fully represented in Argentina as you may think it is.
Yes they are since the Italian language of 1850 was closer to Spanish anyway than the Italian language of 2008. So Argentinians are FULLY celebrating the Italian culture of the 1850 even if they speak Spanish and with the internet they can celebrate the Italain culture of 2008.
Prove it. Prove that EVERY SINGLE THING they practice is Italian - or they practice EVERY SINGLE aspect of Italian culture.
In case you don't know Japanese ppl do not usually walk to work in Kimonos either. But here some Americans in kimonos
You used a culture celebration as a source...
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