Favorite Italian saying?
Mar 1st, 2007, 09:43 AM
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"Porco, porco, porco!"
I was waiting for my husband in our hotel lobby in Rome and was "reading" an Italian newspaper. There was a one page story about JFK/RFK/Monroe that was styled after a comic book. In one of the frames Marilyn slams the phone down on JFK while shouting "Porco, porco, porco!" and throws herself down on the bed! It was very dramatic and I like saying it now whenever I feel myself hard done by the oppostie sex.
I was waiting for my husband in our hotel lobby in Rome and was "reading" an Italian newspaper. There was a one page story about JFK/RFK/Monroe that was styled after a comic book. In one of the frames Marilyn slams the phone down on JFK while shouting "Porco, porco, porco!" and throws herself down on the bed! It was very dramatic and I like saying it now whenever I feel myself hard done by the oppostie sex.
Mar 1st, 2007, 09:48 AM
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"Porco madonna" means so much more than the literal translation. It is actually very rude.
Porco does refer to pig, but is also used to refer to sex in a nasty way.
An Italian once told me that all the best Italian curses combine sex and God.
Porco does refer to pig, but is also used to refer to sex in a nasty way.
An Italian once told me that all the best Italian curses combine sex and God.
Mar 1st, 2007, 01:37 PM
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"I do not wear mass transit shoes!"
This was said by an irate Milan colleague after receiving a memo urging staff to take subways and buses instead of taxis when traveling on business. She yanked off her gorgeous high heels and thumped them on the exhibit stand for extra emphasis and then dramatically crumpled the memo and threw it into the trash.
As far as I know, everyone is still taking taxis.
This was said by an irate Milan colleague after receiving a memo urging staff to take subways and buses instead of taxis when traveling on business. She yanked off her gorgeous high heels and thumped them on the exhibit stand for extra emphasis and then dramatically crumpled the memo and threw it into the trash.
As far as I know, everyone is still taking taxis.
