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>>I took Tore's word for it. One last time, if my suspicion was wrong then I sincerely apologize.
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>Nobody ( but Sophia) knows whether your are right.
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>But Gilardi is quite common name. Sounds italian to me. And lots of italians live in Switzerland. The three languages of Switzerland are German, French and Italian

Wasn't there four? A Romansche, or retro-Roman or something.