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"Mum and Dad both originate from the south of the country," she explains, "and so what they spoke with their relatives could hardly be described as proper Italian." This wasn't something she realised straight away, however. "I decided to study the language at school because I thought, having heard it every day at home, I'd be a natural. But when the teacher heard me talk, all she said to me was: 'I don't quite know which language you think you are speaking, but it certainly isn't Italian.' Turns out both my parents speak in a very heavy southern dialect, and my mother's even has a bit of Albanian in it. I never stood a chance."
Gabriella Cilmi: Meet the teen queen who is the sound of summer - Features, Music - The Independent
Gabriella Cilmi: Meet the teen queen who is the sound of summer - Features, Music - The Independent