Parlo italiano da madrelingua, and i speak english decently(mostly informal and internet/'murican slang).I studied a little Spanish in middle school but forgot it, mostly.Mi parolas la Esperanton tre malbone.
This Italian "newspaper" wanted to depict the "indian heritage" of an US candidate. Chennai, Cherokee, the same.
Especially if you go somewhere near Naples(the stereotypical Italian speech comes from Neapolitan, essentially)
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