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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