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AE 1174 - Interview: Getting to Know Chris Delapp from Instant English - Part 2

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Is It a British Woman?

i can't imagine finding out that i had spanish ancestry and being like, i've got to sweep that under the ru. Likeaustraliananseto australia, my grandparents were of this generation, if you had convict ancestry, that was a blight on your family and your name. You would never, ever, ever mention or talk about the fact that you had descendant, or ancestors rather, who were brought over to australia,. effectively as slave labor and prisoners, to work here. Whereas nowadays, it's seen as a kind of honor, like, you're one of the quitn quite original european australians - tall poppy sindrome thing

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