Italy in Italian.
It's a nice country plagued by many problems - economical, social, cultural. Ruined by Berlusconi's trashy TV since the 80s and by submission to the Vatican powers and the Catholic taboos.
Many foreigners think they know a lot about Italy, but they just rely on old and hollow stereotypes. Italy is a complex reality: for example, you can't compare Milan to Rome or Naples. A person from Milan generally finds people from the South too intrusive, while the Southerns finds people from the North too cold. Their attitude to life is different. North is quite wealthy, South is poor.
Accents differ much. In the mountain region called Alto Adige German is also spoken.
Myths to be disproved:
- mafia and camorra are only in the South. For most of Italians, they exist only in the news. Italians are not violent
- Italians are not so generous, in fact they are individualistic people (which is a problem, since they don't care about the public thing and make their country go to ruin)
- you won't find in the restaurants spaghetti with meatballs, pizza with pineapple, "fettuccine Alfredo" or "olive garden", these are Italo-american specialties
- Italians do work: office hours are 9 to 6. Children go to school also on Saturday, making it possible to have longer summer holidays
- Berlusconi is a criminal, a liar and a pig and does NOT really represent the majority of Italians. Many are ashamed of him and his governement
It's a nice country plagued by many problems - economical, social, cultural. Ruined by Berlusconi's trashy TV since the 80s and by submission to the Vatican powers and the Catholic taboos.
Many foreigners think they know a lot about Italy, but they just rely on old and hollow stereotypes. Italy is a complex reality: for example, you can't compare Milan to Rome or Naples. A person from Milan generally finds people from the South too intrusive, while the Southerns finds people from the North too cold. Their attitude to life is different. North is quite wealthy, South is poor.
Accents differ much. In the mountain region called Alto Adige German is also spoken.
Myths to be disproved:
- mafia and camorra are only in the South. For most of Italians, they exist only in the news. Italians are not violent
- Italians are not so generous, in fact they are individualistic people (which is a problem, since they don't care about the public thing and make their country go to ruin)
- you won't find in the restaurants spaghetti with meatballs, pizza with pineapple, "fettuccine Alfredo" or "olive garden", these are Italo-american specialties
- Italians do work: office hours are 9 to 6. Children go to school also on Saturday, making it possible to have longer summer holidays
- Berlusconi is a criminal, a liar and a pig and does NOT really represent the majority of Italians. Many are ashamed of him and his governement
Povera Italia!
by downinthepark June 20, 2009
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Vinny: Yo Tony, lemme borrow two hundred
Tony: I aint got it
Vinny: You just pulled a wad of money out at the bar
Tony: Yeah its a bunch of one's with a hundred on the outside
Vinny: get the fuck outta here
Vinny: Yo Tony, lemme borrow two hundred
Tony: I aint got it
Vinny: You just pulled a wad of money out at the bar
Tony: Yeah its a bunch of one's with a hundred on the outside
Vinny: get the fuck outta here
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This is usually done by Italian mafia, hence the name, Italian socks.
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He didn't pay my money back in time, so I ordered the boys to give him a pair of Italian socks. He's swimming with the fishes now.
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Person 2: Yeah Frankie, it is. Watch this, Imma give him the Italian Salute, show him who he's messin with.
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Get the Italian Salute mug.Partially Italian person changing American last name to steryotypical italian name or word. Most if the time these people wear baggy clothes and use terms from the Jersey Shore to make people believe they are full blood Italian. They may also wear apparel of a local cities sports team and "claim" its territory. Most of the time these peoples parents lived there or they lived in some quiet part of the burough.
"Did you see Greg Ferrari's Nets hat?" "Yea man i heard he claims Bronx" "Is Ferrari even his real last name?" "No its really Buck, he uses Ferrari on all of his social media accounts because he wants people to know he's Italian." "Is that why he wears a ton of chains and Jersey Shore clothes as well?" "Yea too bad he dosent know that Italy is compeletly different. We all would have been fooled by that haircut." "What a wanna be Italian"
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