"Pandora" > wrote in news:49847cda$0$831
:


>>
>> After a month or so, he was quite conversant in English, but all the
>> Americans had a hard time understanding him, even though I didn't. That
>> was until one of the girls in Manifest told us that he was hard to
>> understand because he was an Italian, talking with an Australian
accent!!!
>> :-)
>>
>
> ROTFL! So Australian accent is very different from the American one!



*Very* different. We speak clearly and you can understand the English we
speak.



>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I now my Engkish is not perfect
>>
>>
>> It's a lot easier to understand than some of the ramblings that happen
in
>> this group!!
>
> I haven't understand this sentence.



I can understand you. Some other people on here dribble when they post.
They are very hard to understand.




>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Ms. Garibaldi ;-)
>>> You are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> (Any relation to Giuseppe??)
>>>
>>> Was my father's name
>>
>>
>> Is Garibaldi a common name over there?
>
> No! I don't know anibody with this name.
>
>>
>> Are there lots of Garibaldis in Italy?
>
> I have never seen or ear One Garibaldi in my life!
>
>


So you *could* be related to the old "Hero of the Two Worlds" Giuseppe
Garibaldi!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi

He had a *very* interesting and *very* busy life :-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Soldati, io esco da Roma. Chi vuole continuare la guerra contro lo
straniero venga con me. Non posso offrigli ne¤ onori ne¤ stipendi; gli
offro fame, sete, marce forzate, battaglie e morte. Chi ama la Patria mi
segua.

—Garibaldi, Giuseppe