Sfacim

Vaska vaska at geocities.com
Wed Jul 23 12:23:41 CDT 1997


Thomas, this just made me chuckle: it perfectly recapitulates my Calabrese
gorcer's warning about saying "sfacim" to a Neopolitan!  

Vaska
Thimas Vieth adds: 
>Vaska, you're quite right w/regard to those regional dialects. One 
>Italian friend of mine even goes so far to conclude that "Italian" is 
>not a language but an illusion. That same friend states that sfacim is 
>Neapolitan dialect and translates somewhat as "fucker" or so in that 
>direction of semantics. 




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