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Old Jun 14th, 2007, 01:54 PM
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Former boyfriend's (NY) Italian nona always dropped the last vowels. She was from Praiano, but her family relocated from Scicly.
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Old Jun 14th, 2007, 02:01 PM
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It's not a New York affectation. It's a southern Italian and Sicilian habit.
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Old Jun 14th, 2007, 02:27 PM
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The curse is "vaffanculo" and means literally "f--- your ass" or more generally "f--- you".
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Old Jun 14th, 2007, 02:49 PM
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Thanks...I should have said that I know what the curse means in general, but I wanted to know the exact words and what they mean....that is, from which words do they derive? I know what the last part means but what is the "va fan"?
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Old Jun 14th, 2007, 02:51 PM
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"Va fa(re i)n ..."
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Old Jun 15th, 2007, 04:32 AM
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scrb begins asking where to find a particular type of bruschetta and look at all we've learned.

With apologies to the exquisite range of bruschetta posts, I've got to tell Ira that he brought back memories from my elementary school days. Our after school snack was mayo on white bread. No tomatoes and, well you can imagine what that 'white bread' was like. No matter. At the time it was a treat. My mom's after school food memories, on the other hand, include much more adventuresome delights like red bean sandwiches and potato salad sandwiches! In those days, however, the bread was crusty from the bakery.

Looking forward to more tasty posts. J.
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Old Jun 15th, 2007, 06:33 AM
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St.Cirq is correct. It is a S. Italian dialect thing. My mom speaks a dialect from Basilicata. We have a friend who comes from Lucca and he can't understand her!! Too funny.

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Michelle, I've often theorized that the regard (sometimes approaching contempt) that Italians have for one another's regional dialects is one of the reasons they are so thoroughly generous about our own attempts at the bella lingua.
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