Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Fanabola

C'� un termine italo-americano (una parolaccia) che ho sentito da 
bambino che � pronunciato 'fanabola'. Se lo dice in Italia? Che vuole 
dire? 'Fa Napoli, o 'fa a Napoli'? Che cos'� le connotazioni?

 Napoli, o 'fa a Napoli'? Che cos'� le connotazioni?
It might be "va a Napoli".
http://tinyurl.com/23spw4a
Joe from Massachusetts 

 dire? 'Fa Napoli, o 'fa a Napoli'? Che cos'� le connotazioni?
C'� un episodio di Friends in cui viene detto un Vaffanapoli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of4ZE-lhRBA
E' un espressione che, almeno qui a Napoli, non � mai stata usata, per 
quel che ne so. N� tantomeno ho mai sentito dire 'fanabola'. Su 
wordreference alcuni sostengono che questo insulto sia stato usato per 
la prima volta dagli immigrati siciliani verso i napoletani:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=45007

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Also:
http://www.johnmontagna.com/news15.html
Ah, va a napoli. They pay this chiacchierone by the word?
http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/257894
One chip? Ma va ' a Napoli, you can't even buy McDonald's with that!
http://www.movietranscriptions.com/187124_Sopranos_S2E0507.html
Joe from Massachusetts 

 E' un espressione che,
"Un'espressione", con l'apostrofo. ï¿œ femminile.

 "Un'espressione", con l'apostrofo. ï¿œ femminile.
Chiedo venia, ho digitato velocemente... anche il "Nï¿œ" successivo l'ho 
erroneamente scritto con l'accento grave anzichï¿œ acuto.

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La pronuncia che si trove con Friends non ï¿œ come l'ho sentita. Invece, 
quella ï¿œ una volgarizzazione pulita. Vabbï¿œ, ho trovato anch'io delle 
spiegazioni con Google, ma speravo di trovare le origini italiane se 
esistono. Grazie.

Tony The Ice Man ha scritto:
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Temo che non sia nï¿œ una parola italiana nï¿œ dialettale, in ogni caso...

 Temo che non sia n� una parola italiana n� dialettale, in ogni caso...
The Italian-American author of this book recalls her Italian grandfather's 
favorite expression when he was enraged:
"FAHNAHPOLA--that is how I heard the curse. Va a Napoli....."
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 dire? 'Fa Napoli, o 'fa a Napoli'? Che cos'� le connotazioni?
I've never heard it here in the north-east. Not common, definitely.
Tabhall

 Tabhall
Where I grew up in the suburbs of Boston, there's an area heavily populated 
by second- and third-generation Italians (and their parents and grandparents) 
where that expression is common.
It's an Americanized pronunciation of 'va a napoli.'
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Joey from NY

 It's an Americanized pronunciation of 'va a napoli.'
The thing is, here "va a napoli" is not perceived as swearing, not as of 
the 20th century, AFAIK.

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But It is considered an insult, in the section of Newton, MA known as "The 
Lake," and other areas.
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Joey from NY

"Joey from NY" <joe...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
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In a similar vein, just because Italians in Italy don't suffer from "agita" 
doesn't mean Italians here don't suffer from it.
�Brioschi Effervscent. THE Italian Antacid! The fastest Fizz there is. It 
only takes 10 seconds this antacid to effervesce for Brioschi to start 
working to relieve your heartburn, acid indigestion and upset stomach. Don't 
let "agita", the Italian word for gas (upset stomach) get you down.�
http://www.formatobrothers.com/Other-c14/
What is Agita?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgKj-Mx1AQ
Joe from Massachusetts 

 
Exactly.
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Joey from NY


Since the emergence of "Jersey Shore", everyone in the US knows that "guido" 
and "guida/guidette" are references to a certain type of Italian-American.
I recently became aware that in Canada, they don't say "guido" or "guida", 
but instead use "gino" and "gina".
Here is a Canadian comedian of Italian descent talking about "ginos".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX1BTOHxQr0
Here is a Canadian comedy team, of Italian descent, talking about the "gino" 
phenomenon, and singing a song, "No gino no cry".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRSy33IudV4
Joe from Massachusetts 

 Joe from Massachusetts 
I vostri esempi sono molto interessanti, perï¿œ fanno riferimento a una 
lingua che non ï¿œ piï¿œ l'italiano che si parla in Italia...

 lingua che non ï¿œ piï¿œ l'italiano che si parla in Italia...
But isn't t his a group about English?
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Joey from NY

 Exactly.
Do you say "ig-ZAK-tlee" or "ig-ZAK-lee"?
-- 
There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to
it.
    -- G.B. Shaw

 
The latter, in normal speech; the former when enunciation is required.
-- 
Joey from NY