tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778001285727771343.post7265854008614492673..comments2008-02-17T10:02:05.690-08:00Comments on The Annotico Report: Italians Win and Tie for Third in Luge European Ch...Ercolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624336130332596024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778001285727771343.post-84476962117743518682008-02-17T09:23:00.000-08:002008-02-17T09:23:00.000-08:00There is a difference between nationality and citi...There is a difference between nationality and citizenship ;)<BR/>Oberstolz, Plankensteiner, Haselrieder, Gruber (but Zoeggler too, if we want to remain in the Luge area) are italian, as in they were born in Italy by parents who are Italian citizens. They live in Italy and are part of the Italian army.<BR/><BR/>More or less 2 millions Italians (5% of the population http://www.justlanded.com/italiano/italy/tools/just_landed_guide/language/language ), though, don't speak Italian as their mother tongue. <BR/>In this case, the luge athletes are part of the German minority speaking group.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_of_ItalyElisanoreply@blogger.com