Everything he knows, he learned from "The Godfather"
I want to practice what little Italian I have, but I never learned how to say "how do you say...?" from my Italian CDs. (I do know how to answer the telephone. Not useful.)
I was amazed when my husband, who did no studying in advance, came up with Come si dice...? It turns out he got it from The Godfather, the scenes where Michael Corleone is in Italy.
The problem with learning your Italian from the Godfather movies, as my daughter pointed out, is that all you know is words about food or killing people. Luckily, all we've needed so far are the food words.
I was amazed when my husband, who did no studying in advance, came up with Come si dice...? It turns out he got it from The Godfather, the scenes where Michael Corleone is in Italy.
The problem with learning your Italian from the Godfather movies, as my daughter pointed out, is that all you know is words about food or killing people. Luckily, all we've needed so far are the food words.
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I am enjoying your posts from Italy so keep them coming. Italy is top on my travel to do list.
Posted by: Sarah | September 18, 2007 11:04 AM
Come si dice actually comes from the scene in the restaurant where Michael is negotiating with Solozzo shortly before killing him.
You also learn that wonderful recipe for making red sauce. After all, how many other recipes involve the phrase "then you shove in your meat"?
Please don't tell my husband I got it wrong. He already thinks I haven't seen the Godfather movies enough. :-)
Posted by: Claude | September 18, 2007 2:45 PM
I have always thought that there are two phrases that are absolutely necessary when traveling to a non-English speaking country - one is, "Where do all the locals eat?" and the other is, "Where's the bathroom?"
Posted by: Janet | September 19, 2007 7:55 AM
Um, Janet, if you ask "Where's the bathroom?" in a restaurant, you'll be told there isn't one. Instead, ask "Where's the toilet?" THEN you'll get the info you need!
Posted by: Dottie | September 19, 2007 2:28 PM
Now you know why men watch the Godfather,but will not sit through Steel Magnolias.
Posted by: mdlrvrmuncher | September 19, 2007 5:14 PM