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Capeeshe
Italiano........
I'm sending this out to every person I know who is
Italian, could be Italian, married an Italian, lived with Italians or wants to
be Italian......!!!!!
Let's
start at the beginning.
Come
stai? Molto bene. Bon giorno. Ciao. Arrivederci. Every Italian from
Italy knows these words and every
Italian-American should.
But what
about the goomba speech pattern? Those words and phrases that are a little
Italian, a little American, and a little slang . Words every Paesano and
Bacciagaloop we have heard, - words we hear throughout our Little Italy
neighborhood of New York
This form of language, the "Goomba-Italiano " has been
used for generations. It's not gangster slang terms like "whack" or "vig", if
that's what you are thinking---nope, this is real Guido
talk!
The
goomba says ciao when he arrives or leaves. He says Mama Mia anytime emotion is
needed in any given situation. Mannaggia, meengya, oofah, and of course, va
fongool can also be used. Capeesh?
He uses a
moppeen to wipe his hands in the cuchina, gets agita from the gravy and will
shkeevats meatballs unless they are homemade from the famiglia. Always foonah
your bread in the pot of gravy (sauce) or you will be considered a real googootz
or a Mezzo-finookio.
There are usually plenty of mamalukes and the girl from
the neighborhood with the reputation is a facia-bruta, puttana or a schifosa.
If you
are called cattivo, cabbadost, sfatcheem, stupido, or strunz, you are usually a
pain in the ass. A crazy diavlo can give you the malokya (evil eye), but that
red horn (contra malokya) will protect you if you use it right. Don't forget to
always say per favore and grazia and prego .
If you are feeling mooshadda or stounad or mezzo-morto,
always head to Nonna's and she will fix you up with a little homemade manicott',
cavadell', or calamar ', or some ricotta cheesecake.
Mangia some zeppoles, canolis, torrone, struffoli,
shfoolyadell', pignoli cookies, or a little nutella on pannetone. Delizioso! I
think I will fix myself a sangweech of cabacol' with some proshoot and mozarell'
or maybe just a hot slice of peetza .
So salud' if you have any Italian blood in you and you
understood anything written here! Then, you are numero uno and a professore of
the goombas
If you don't get any of
this, then fa Nabola with the whole thing and you are a disgraziato. Scuzi, Mia
dispiachay, I didn't mean that....... Just.......
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