...to help US citizens in Italy to understand our way to communicate.
http://video.repubblica.it/divertimento/l-italiano-si-parla-con-le-mani-il-rap-del-consolato-usa/171132/169664?ref=HRESS-4 (http://video.repubblica.it/divertimento/l-italiano-si-parla-con-le-mani-il-rap-del-consolato-usa/171132/169664?ref=HRESS-4)
:D
Alfredo
;D
5 minutes & I'm fluent...is somebody gonna beat me up when I tell them I don't care??
Fumble on!
Good grief!
I'm going to use the "are you scared" one - I thought that was hilarious!
Oh and I've been doing the "you must go" one wrong all these years ::)
Quote from: Hilary on July 03, 2014, 05:14:08 AMGood grief!
I'm going to use the "are you scared" one - I thought that was hilarious!
Oh and I've been doing the "you must go" one wrong all these years ::)
"You must go": right hand over the left open HAND, NOT ELBOW, Hilary... ::)
...or it's a quite different matter... ;D
Alfredo
I'm going to do some of my own Alfredo - I'll post some selfies later :D
Here we are Alfredo - to be fair you probably DON'T know these ::)
English sign language for
"I'm just not in the mood tonight!"
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21421.0;attach=23564)
and
"That don't impress me much!"
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21421.0;attach=23566)
:D
Mmmmhhh....
the second one is someway suggestive... ::)
the first one...no, really I can't see the point... ???
Thanks! :)
Alfredo
Quote from: alfstone on July 04, 2014, 12:33:02 PMthe first one...no, really I can't see the point... ???
Probably for the best - sorry Mr Stone . . .
on the plus side, I've now got an extra joke for one of my songs ::)
And anyway, there are many many more...
http://gazzenda.gazzetta.it/2010/09/30/italian_popular_gesture_favolo/ (http://gazzenda.gazzetta.it/2010/09/30/italian_popular_gesture_favolo/)
:)
Alfredo
Very informative Alfredo - "I'm so bored I'm looking for a vein in which to inject heroin" - you can't make this stuff up . . .
Quote from: Hilary on July 05, 2014, 02:52:11 PMVery informative Alfredo - "I'm so bored I'm looking for a vein in which to inject heroin" - you can't make this stuff up . . .
This one last is not part of the tradition, it's part of a sketch by the Italian comedians Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo: when something (a conference, a movie, a book, a music and so on) becomes really unbearable, they make this "vein" gesture...or a harakiri gesture, to give you an idea...
Alfredo
My son, who's nearly 11, made the very rude Italian gesture yesterday - he's been getting away with it as it's kind of a peace out gesture here or at least I thought it was ::). I asked him if he knew it was rude in Italian and he said yes. I said, how do you know it's rude to which he replied - Aidan (his friend) is Spanish!
Quote from: alfstone on July 06, 2014, 03:20:58 AMThis one last is not part of the tradition . . .
so the constricting anus one (are you scared?) is traditional then ;D
Quote from: Hilary on July 06, 2014, 03:49:19 AMQuote from: alfstone on July 06, 2014, 03:20:58 AMThis one last is not part of the tradition . . .
so the constricting anus one (are you scared?) is traditional then ;D
Yes, absolutely! :D
Quote from: Hilary on July 06, 2014, 03:32:34 AMMy son, who's nearly 11, made the very rude Italian gesture yesterday - he's been getting away with it as it's kind of a peace out gesture here or at least I thought it was ::). I asked him if he knew it was rude in Italian and he said yes. I said, how do you know it's rude to which he replied - Aidan (his friend) is Spanish!
if you mean the "cuckold" gesture, yes, it's one of the worst things you may do here, and after that, quite often you may arrive at a violent fight. But this only after that someone has made something really bad to you (typical: car accidents...)
Different (and peaceful) is its meaning in concerts and so on.
And there is also a third meaning, but with fingers downward: in this case it means "let's hope it doesn't happen!"
So it depends from the circumstances.
No wonder about your son and his Spanish friend, the Spanish corrispective is the word "cabron!", I think...
A great vein of untapped comedy for me Alfredo - I've got 2 jokes out of it - not the rude ones obviously, well not the really rude ones anyway ::)
I'm trying them out this week, we'll see if they fly (= if anyone else other than me thinks they're funny) . . .
Quote from: Hilary on July 06, 2014, 01:13:03 PMA great vein of untapped comedy for me Alfredo - I've got 2 jokes out of it - not the rude ones obviously, well not the really rude ones anyway ::)
I'm trying them out this week, we'll see if they fly (= if anyone else other than me thinks they're funny) . . .
Glad for the inspiration... ;)
Alfredo