Comments on: comment on/add to “Italian Accents” http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/ Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, and the world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alex http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/comment-page-1/#comment-16912 alex Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:36:09 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/#comment-16912 hi nice site. hi nice site.

]]> By: Sean http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/comment-page-1/#comment-5270 Sean Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:32:27 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/#comment-5270 I'm actually impressed by how English-sounding the gibberish in that music video was. They could have been very drunk Americans. There were almost enough "all right"s and "baby"s in there to keep me fooled. I met a musician in Italy who always ended his gigs by shouting "Solai!" and having the audience shout it back at him. He was convinced "solai" was an English word and I wasn't able to persuade him otherwise. I’m actually impressed by how English-sounding the gibberish in that music video was. They could have been very drunk Americans. There were almost enough “all right”s and “baby”s in there to keep me fooled.

I met a musician in Italy who always ended his gigs by shouting “Solai!” and having the audience shout it back at him. He was convinced “solai” was an English word and I wasn’t able to persuade him otherwise.

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/comment-page-1/#comment-5199 Judith in Umbria Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:17:30 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/04/05/comment-onadd-to-italian-accents/#comment-5199 We don't get away with anything, do we? I can roll my Rs, but my T is too hard. I now know why, but can't seem to help it. I met a man with Italian friends who said I sounded like Olio, and thank goodness my friends leapt to my defense. I told him I was insulted and he responded that he loved it. BS. He did look fascinated. I think a lot of people are just too wrapped up in their stereotypes to have a real and meaningful response to a foreigner, even if said foreigner can use the congiuntivo more or less accurately. In a population of 144,000 there are perhaps 12 Italians here who really speak English, but they don't mind at all criticizing how a foreigner doesn't say "Baucca" with enough Cs in it! We don’t get away with anything, do we? I can roll my Rs, but my T is too hard. I now know why, but can’t seem to help it.
I met a man with Italian friends who said I sounded like Olio, and thank goodness my friends leapt to my defense. I told him I was insulted and he responded that he loved it. BS. He did look fascinated.
I think a lot of people are just too wrapped up in their stereotypes to have a real and meaningful response to a foreigner, even if said foreigner can use the congiuntivo more or less accurately. In a population of 144,000 there are perhaps 12 Italians here who really speak English, but they don’t mind at all criticizing how a foreigner doesn’t say “Baucca” with enough Cs in it!

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