Ha, he said "ich bin italienischer Staatsangehöriger", not "ich bin Italiener", that's the difference. And no, the ones who are German native speakers would much rather be Austrian than Italian. Historically it would make more sense, because the new borders were drawn after WWI merely for strategical reasons, without thinking that the people living there weren't really Italian. Tirol was literally cut in two and the ones living in the south ended up in Italy. Pech gehabt. :P
Also, I bet he has the typical Südtirol accent when he speaks Italian. Even with Carolina Kostner, who speaks a very good Italian, you can hear that she's making an effort and Italian isn't her native language.
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Date: 2009-11-28 09:34 pm (UTC)Also, I bet he has the typical Südtirol accent when he speaks Italian. Even with Carolina Kostner, who speaks a very good Italian, you can hear that she's making an effort and Italian isn't her native language.