Trivias Of Pete Buttigieg
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His father is an immigrant from Hamrun, Malta.
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The surname Buttigieg is Semitic, "tigieg" meaning "poultry" in Maltese.
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Her mother was a master degree graduate in Fine Arts from Notre Dame and worked as a teacher at the National Cathedral School before becoming a professor at Notre Dame for 29 years.
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He met Caroline Kennedy and other members of President Kennedy's family to accept the first prize for the JFK Profiles in Courage Essay COntest Award.
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He is a polyglot.
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He taught himself to speak Norwegian and is also conversational in Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Maltese, French, and Farsi.
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He plays guitar and piano.
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He has two rescue dogs, Truman and Buddy.