マイペース、マイ・スタイル！　～日本語がぺらぺらになるには～

Johannes Mueller became John Miller

Their cultural roots are only really identifiable by their surnames.

Western-European? western European?


German assimilation [in D.C.] at this point is such that


[It's difficult to identify someone] by their German ethno-cultural roots.

Of all the traditional Western-European ethnic groups

《what laymen mean when they say "White" in the U.S.》


that you can still see manifest

by ethnic clues

in different cities in the United States


......

there is only one parish

that is identifiable by its ethnic clues or language... and that's the Italian parish.

taking the piss out of
(Australian English?)


These are Prawns. No-one in Australia would call a prawn a “shrimp,” unless he was taking the piss out of Americans, in which case he might use “barbie” as well.

Although “Barbie” has slunk into the language, from the American dialect, and the near constant fun of taking the piss out of Americans.

While prawns in Australia are occasionally barbecued, they are more commonly cooked by boiling, briefly, cooled in ice and eaten cold, with beer. Lots of beer.