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Originally Posted by F1Guy
What I also find unacceptable - is when a German thinks he's an Italian just because he drives a red car. Specially when his Italian sounds so phony.  |
I have discussed this point with a number of Germans and Italians that I work with - and their view is the following:
They find it really strange that Brits and Americans are critical of people from one European country speaking in another European language.
They feel that it is only right for a German, in an Italian team, to speak the language of his employer.
They feel that his Italian sounds far from phony, and just sounds typical of someone who normally speaks a Germanic language speaking in a Romanic tongue. If they did not know the speaker, they would place them as being Tyrolean.
So other than a dislike of the individual - I can't understand why people are being critical of Vettel speaking Italian?