Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Not bad...to be New York

Well, I am back!
I really enjoyed my stay in New York and, even if I left too many places
unseen, the overall feeling is that the city is worth the effort of a visit:
folks, go there and taste how mankind is likely to become everywhere in a
next future.
 By the way, my general impression is also that the Melting Pot
doesn't exist downright. I found scores of nationalities crawling along the
streets but every single New Yorker has a well definite background that
hardly becomes the idea that they are all Americans (or maybe this is only
what I thought before) and the language, the 'trait d'union' of so many
differences, reflecting the origin of the speaker,  results as a mere
convention to understand one another, more than a peculiarity of one
country.
New York is a different world but very familiar, not comparable to European
cities, yet similar enough as to the way of living, Viva New York!
dicaduca

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There is a constant change in the languages and the people in the
City. Whole new neighborhoods of Russians, Indians, Pakistanis,
Koreans, Vietnamese, West Africans and others have sprung up in the
past twenty-five years, replacing old Italian, Jewish, German and
Irish enclaves. Sitting in a restaurant in Little Italy, it is very
possible that looking out the window you will see a Chinese
restaurant.
I hope you took advantage of the subways and buses.
Did your guide book serve you well?
You didn't happen to run into Orianna Fallaci, did you?  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 You didn't happen to run into Orianna Fallaci, did you?  :>)
No, but at the Metropolitan I happened to run into Philippe Noiret, the
French actor, who moved about the hall like a mummy without regarding
mortals around (shit) and, at the JFK Airport a former Italian Minister
(Secretary), Lamberto Dini who, regardless of listeners, kept on talking
loudly of  his thought on Israel....
I see that in the while you have kept yourself busy on this ng: when will
you take a vacation, perhaps coming back to Italy? :)
Take care
dicaduca

 French actor, who moved about the hall like a mummy without
regarding
Maybe he thinks he really is Pablo Neruda.
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 La Fallaci lives not too far from the Met in a nice brownstone.
She is brave, she dare say things many men are afraid of  and it is not by
chance that she decided to live among Americans rather than her
countryfellows, imo.
You didn't answer to my question: would you ever come back to Italy one day?
Take care
dicaduca


I refuse to pay for parking when in the city. Since I usually go to
the city during holidays, or on the weekend, when many people
have left town, I can usually find a parking space on the street
near the Museum of Natural History. In the Times Square area,
I have often parked right in front of my hotel. There are very strange
parking regulations for the Midtown area, especially on the
weekends and on holidays. You have to read all of the signs mounted
along the street.
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I would like to, but for now, I have to be content alternating between
listening to Consiglia Licciardi and some nice "core montanare" from
the Veneto.  :>)
We live very close to the University of Connecticut. The women's
basketball team is consistently ranked in the top 4 or 5 teams in the
country, and has won five national championships under coach Geno
Auriemma.. My wife goes to all the games when they play at home.
Coach Auriemma was born in Montella, not far from Naples, and likes
to take the team to Italy for exhibition games. This November, he will
take the team to a tournament in Sorrento and Rome, and will also
visit his home town, which he left when he was seven years old.
I guess he's treated like "lo zio d'America" when he goes back there.
http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/WBasketball/UCONN%20Booster%20Brochure.pdf
Joe from Massachusetts

 I guess he's treated like "lo zio d'America" when he goes back there.
Do you know Totò, the greatest Neapolitan actor ever? I figure all people
from Naples like this comedian, both humorist and friendly, popular and
aristocratic at the same time... Napoli is a world apart!
see you
dicaduca


o' mare, o' vesuvio e e' sfugliatelle.
I remember seeing a few of the "Totò e Peppino.." films.
They were playing in a theater which also showed "Stanlio e Ollio".
There is some stuff on Raiclick I should watch.
Is it true he wrote tte song "Malafemmena" about his wife?
And was the film "Totò, Peppino, e la Malafemmena another dig at her?
Joe from Massachusetts

 And was the film "Totò, Peppino, e la Malafemmena another dig at her?
It is amazing how much you know about  this stuff, really! As far as I know,
Malafemmena is one of  Totò's wives, Franca Faldini, Miss America's
Cheesecake in the 50's, who played in many of his films.
If you dash downtown they'll be more precise, I guess :)
See you later !
dicaduca

 to...life is odd... Beverly Sills.
your musical taste is vastly superior to your command of the english 
language. I am sure you will love this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OufhngQsWr4

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Thanks for the link, and I'd like you to specify your allusion to my 
linguistic breaches
dd 


Beverly Sills is a legend in New York. The fact that she acheived the
status of diva through her association with the New York City Opera
and not the Metropolitan Opera is unique.
She is a native New Yorker, and is very popular there. She is a very
outspoken person, and at one time buttons and t-shirts with "Beverly
Sills is a Yenta" printed on them were a popular item.
I'll leave it to you to research "yenta".
Joe from Massachusetts

 I'll leave it to you to research "yenta".
What can I say? Yenta is Yiddish for a woman gossip (for what I know) but 
this sounds  me strange related to such a personality...
Come on, don't be mysterious please!
Greetings
dicaduca 


The original meaning of "yenta" is "matchmaker". (See Barbra Streisand
in "Hello, Dolly"). A matchmaker makes a point of knowing everyone's
business. A matchmaker intrudes on everyone's business. She talks a
lot. The word as commonly used in New York means a person who is very
talkative and intrusive, although not necessarily a bad person.
Beverly Sills was very outspoken when she assumed the role of Director
of the New York City Opera, and when she was Chairman of Lincoln
Center (which includes the Metropolitan Opera).
Joe from Massachusetts

 talkative and intrusive, although not necessarily a bad person.
Ok. Now a translation for you, if you remember this old dialect, a sentence
issued today about the row for federalism in Italy, between Lega Nord and
Liga Veneta:
"Se Santo Marco d'Aviano non svejava fora la zente, desso gavaressimo tuti
el turbante in testa!" (Raixe venete)
Have a nice time
dd

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My friends in Naples used to call me "magnagato".
The "vecio parlar" is not some "old dialect". It is the language of
the Veneto.
You're beginning to sound like one of Goldoni's "Rusteghi".
"Noi intendiamo in Venezia per uomo Rustego un uomo aspro, zottico,
nemico della civiltà, della cultura, del
conversare".
"Una guarnigione di seimila uomini asserragliata dentro la città di
Famagosta, resiste per dieci mesi all'assedio di centomila Turchi.
......  Bastarja tremila veneti par liberarne dai taliani".
:>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 :>)
Peso el tacon del sbrego!
:>)
dicaduca

 :>)
Ostregheta, come riesci a parlare con la bocca piena di polenta e
pummarola?
Joe from Massachusetts

 pummarola?
Dunno, perhaps because I cannot see the wood owing to the trees!
Enjoy
dicaduca