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Some people who speak or type the best English have it as their second or third language.I strongly doubt immigrant parents, his English is too good.
Some people who speak or type the best English have it as their second or third language.I strongly doubt immigrant parents, his English is too good.
Why not? Think of a Dean Martin and Perry Como, both Italian parents, both spoke only Italian up to a certain age, only spoke abruzzese (a dialect of Italian) which comes from Abruzzo, their region of origin in the center of Italy, yet their English was perfect.I strongly doubt immigrant parents, his English is too good.
Agreeing with this. Best friend and her twin were born to Italian French parents who immigrated, spoke Italian and French until school age and at home. If you didn’t know them before the age of 16, you would think they were native English speakers. My sister speaks and writes better in French and Flemish than English, and English is her native language.Why not? Think of a Dean Martin and Perry Como, both Italian parents, both spoke only Italian up to a certain age, only spoke abruzzese (a dialect of Italian) which comes from Abruzzo, their region of origin in the center of Italy, yet their English was perfect.
I agree. It is not possible to ascertain his specific national origins with the info we have. He is most probably caucasian/hispanic, but thats a huge variety of different ethnicities from all over the world. I wouldn't rule out middle-Eastern; he could well be Lebanese or Iranian for instance.I think it's difficult to understand his origins from a sketch...He could very well be European, Greek, Italian or French, I don't even rule out that he could be Hispanic or english (scottish, irish etc), even if his face doesn't have Hispanic features; he definitely doesn't look Asian, or Middle Eastern, or Native American.
South Louisiana has a large number of French Canadians (Acadians). Some chose to settle in Louisiana after ‘The Great Upheavel’ around the 1750’s. Physical characteristics are olive skin with dark hair and eyes. imoWhat I would like to say is that for example here in Italy, many people born in southern Italy (Sicily, Calabria, Puglia and Sardinia) are very dark-skinned and have brown or black eyes, they almost look like North Africans or arab and yet they are Italians, so many people in northern Italy appear to be Scandinavian or Eastern European due to their light skin and blue or green eyes; really difficult, personally I would look among the French and Italians since Louisiana was full of these families coming from these states.
That’s an interesting observation about the letter I. That’s how I was taught to make them back in the day.I just think that a child born in the US, after their parents arrived say, would have been educated in English, grown up with English TV & movies and had English speaking friends etc. Even if the parents only spoke another language at home I still think the kid's English would be just as good as anyone around him; and possibly even better.
The handwriting on the letter does intrigue me somewhat. I don't know if it was the style of writing being taught in schools in the US back then; I just found the "I"s unlike anything I have seen before. But I'm not in he US, might be completely normal.
Now that is interesting to hear! Was US handwriting that was taught standardised or could it vary?That’s an interesting observation about the letter I. That’s how I was taught to make them back in the day.I was educated in south Louisiana. fwiw
South Louisiana has a large number of French Canadians (Acadians). Some chose to settle in Louisiana after ‘The Great Upheavel’ around the 1750’s. Physical characteristics are olive skin with dark hair and eyes. imo
That’s an interesting observation about the letter I. That’s how I was taught to make them back in the day.I was educated in south Louisiana. fwiw
Hey not all us males write like serial killers ....nah, nah you're right my writing is atrocious! HahaAt first, because it looked "fancy," I thought it was written by a female. Do we know if it's actually the original?
Yes I do remember reading that, but I guess it was never traced (can you trace a dry cleaning number?)I'm a female and my writing is questionable lol (I blame it on being left handed) I wonder if LE questioned hotels in the area to see if it was one of their bedsheets? Also, I read there was a dry cleaning number on his trousers dd42 or dd44 I believe..anyone else read this?
Now that is interesting to hear! Was US handwriting that was taught standardised or could it vary?
(The writing is what I would call fancy, so I admire your letter I greatly haha)
Thanks! There's that I haha OK so this was pretty standard to learn all over so the handwriting doesn't help narrow down a location, good to know though.His handwriting appears to be standard American cursive, same thing I learned in school in the late sixties. It's somewhat simplified from really fancy writing, like the Palmer method (pointer to sample on Wikipedia Palmer Method - Wikipedia)
Here's a pointer to the chart many of us learned from: Cursive - Wikipedia
We got graded on how accurately we could reproduce those shapes.
Thanks! There's that I haha OK so this was pretty standard to learn all over so the handwriting doesn't help narrow down a location, good to know though.
Wow though this writing is so much nicer than anything I was taught!
Funny enough, I'm a Cousins, Wallace fan but if you told me to guess from photo only, I'll double down on Orin.