Obviously, you don't know what wop means. Wop was/is an acronym from Ellis Island that stands for "Without papers". There were two signs that immigrants saw when arriving at Ellis Island. With papers and without papers, it has nothing to do with Italians. Now, Dago, refers to Italians but that little nickname was borne of the immigrating Italians not knowing how to write in English as all papers were only written in English at the time. Arriving immigrants, when asked to write their name, would often copy each others paperwork. The most popular name at the time in Italy was Diego, so most wrote that as their name. Once they left Ellis island, most settled in New York or Boston in areas that were predominately Irish immigrants. The Irish, due much to their accent and limited English comprehension, could not really pronounce Diego as Dee-ay-goe so it sounded much more like Daygo, hence the long standing term.
I would think if you were half Dago, you would know these things.
Hope this helps, ?
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