"CAPEESH" Capeeshe Italiano........
I'm sending this out to every person I know who is Italian, could
be
Italian, married an Italian, lived with Italians or wants to be
Italian......!!!!!
Let's start at the beginning.
Come stai? Molto bene. Bon giorno. Ciao. Arrivederci. Every Italian
from Italy knows these words and every Italian-American should.
But what about the goomba speech pattern? Those words and phrases
that are a little Italian, a little American, and a little slang .
Words
every Paesano and Bacciagaloop we have heard, - words we hear
throughout
our
Little Italy neighborhood of New York
This form of language, the "Goomba-Italiano " has been used for<
BR>&nb sp;generations. It's not gangster slang terms like "whack" or
"vig", if
that's
what you are thinking---nope, this is real Guido talk!
The goomba says ciao when he arrives or leaves. He says Mama Mia
anytime emotion is needed in any given situation. Mannaggia, meengya,
oofah,
and of course, va fongool can also be used. Capeesh?
He uses a moppeen to wipe his hands in the cuchina, gets agita from
the gravy and will shkeevats meatballs unless they are homemade from
the
famiglia. Always foonah your bread in the pot of gravy (sauce) or you
will
be considered a real googootz or a Mezzo-finookio.
There are usually plenty of mamalukes and the girl from the
neighborhood with the reputation is a facia-bruta, puttana or a
schifosa
If you are called cattivo, cabbadost, sfatcheem, stupido, or
strunz,
you are u sually a pain in the ass . A crazy diavlo can give you the
malokya
(evil eye), but that red horn (contra malokya) will protect you if you
use
it right.. Don't forget to always say per favore and grazia and prego
.
If you are feeling mooshadda or stounad or mezzo-morto, always head
to Nonna's and she will fix you up with a little homemade manicott',
cavadell', or calamar ', or some ricotta cheesecake.
Mangia some zeppoles, canolis, torrone, struffoli, shfoolyadell',
pignoli cookies, or a little nutella on pannetone. Delizioso! I think
I
will
fix myself a sangweech of cabacol' with some proshoot and mozarell' or
maybe
just a hot slice of peetza
So salud' if you have any Italian blood in you and you understood
anything written here! Then, you are numero uno and a professore of
the
goombas
; If y ou don't get any of this, then fa Nabola with the whole
thing
and you are a disgraziato. Scuzi, Mia dispiachay, I didn't mean
that.......
Just........ Fugheddaboudit
"CAPEESH"
