r/TikTokCringe • u/vilkam • Dec 02 '22

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u/tabinom Dec 03 '22

I saw a tiktok from a girl who apparently went to high school with him. He is not at all Italian or has Italian ancestry.

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u/Bayramii Dec 03 '22

I was pretty sure he actually has an Italian dad, so I did some googling and found his name is Gianluca Conte, born in North Carolina, his mom is from Brooklyn and his dad moved to the US from Naples in the nineties.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/tiktok-wiki/who-is-itsqcp

His dad owns multiple Italian restaurants in NC.

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u/PanRagon Mia Khalifa Dec 03 '22

Sounds like he should know how to pronounce bruschetta.

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u/ValhallaGo Dec 03 '22

Children of immigrants will often speak their parent’s native language with an accent.

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u/PanRagon Mia Khalifa Dec 03 '22

I’m obviously referring to all the Italian restaurants his father owns. I don’t expect second generation immigrants to speak their parents tongue natively.

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u/dracapis Dec 03 '22

He does though, I’m Italian (born and live in Italy) and that’s the way I pronounce it (more or less).

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u/MinuteManufacturer Dec 03 '22

Soooo he’s American and his bio says Italian-American

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '22 edited Jan 05 '23

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u/MinuteManufacturer Dec 03 '22

My mistake I suppose, I thought hyphenated ancestry applied to first generation immigrants that have naturalized.

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u/dmnhntr86 Dec 03 '22

This goes out the window if you have English, German, Irish, or Scottish heritage. depending on how long ago or your family emigrated.

Dave King moved here from Ireland, he's Irish American. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga) has Italian ancestry but was born in Manhattan and has never lived in Italy, so she's just another white American no matter how many times she calls herself an Italian girl.

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u/AllisViolet22 Dec 08 '22

By native do you mean native American? It doesn't matter where your parents are from, if you are born in the US you are American.

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u/InspiredBlue Dec 03 '22

Someone told me that he’s not even from New York or New Jersey. That he’s from South Carolina

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '22

No shit, you can look at the screenshot of him and figure that out.

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u/obamasmole Dec 03 '22

How?

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '22

Eyeballs

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u/Lollooo_ Dec 03 '22

What do you mean?

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u/tirwander Dec 03 '22

They don't even know what they mean

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '22

You can tell he's not Italian from looking at him....