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i looked it up because i knew 'without papers' wasn't where it came from. but people still repeat it, just like they still say the turns are tight at pimlico.
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My grandpa commonly used 'Dago' describing everything from fellow Italians to dago food, dago t-shirts, dago garden etc.
Use or call him a 'Wop' and it was on. |
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Another myth, this one in the form of a kind of joke:
Q - Do you know why so many Italian guys are named Tony? A - Because the immigration officials put a tag on them when they got off the boat - To NY! |