From @LizMair:
For that matter: Al Smith’s paternal grandfather was an Italian: presumably he took the opportunity of Ellis Island to Anglicize his name from ‘Ferrara’ to ‘Smith,’ in much the same way that my great-grandfather thought that ‘Lane’ would be easier on American ears than “O’Laighin*.”
Moe Lane Continue reading Tweet of the Day, Oh Dear Edition (Al Smith, sorta kinda, and by the way).