3679 A word on gestures...

[LEFT]A friend of mine in the UK is learning Italian and was recently given a book about southern Italy.

One of the chapters deals with gestures and how they are used to emphasise a point or to insult people. According to the book, southerners are considered to be the past masters of the art of gesture.

Now a slowly raised chin apparently means “I don’t know” or perhaps “I know but I won’t tell you”. I had to laugh because the author says that this raising of the chin is particularly useful when "a Mafioso is being interrogated by the police.” :)

Some captions please...:D

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 09:55

Left to right..

"He was here a second ago.. Ti guiro!"

"Si, lo so.. I know you are annoyed, but I cant shoot her for shopping, Signore."

"Papa, get up.. you cant sit here forever and mama says you can come home now.. please papa.. it's already 20 years!"

"I told her.. "don't look at me like that or you'll get the back of my hand.."

"Sempre dritto Signore.. sempre dritto"

:D :D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 10:02

Excellent:D

The old lady could be saying..."Se non voti per Berlusconi, sei davvero un un co*****e" :D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 10:09

If the old lady is Neapolitan she is, without doubt, saying.. "Vattene" :D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 11:02

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Left to right:[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]"So you’re Dan Brown"[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]"But I swear to you Franco…I didn’t really mean to sell your house"[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]"If you want to know the time, don't ask me look at the clock tower" [/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](Man in the dark suit doing the talking while man with glasses slips the brown envelope into the newspaper) "A little something to remind you to vote for me next week" [/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]"What no tip? You go now" [/SIZE][/FONT]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 11:23

Again.. left to right..

"I don't care what your mother says.. I am not your father."

"Oh my God! It's that awful woman again!"

"It's your sister we're after, she's hiding down there."

"Stai zitto.. here's 250 euro's for the watch"

"Whaddaya mean my horse smell bad?"

:D :D

More please Mr Marche.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 13:32

Left to right...

“ Come closer figliolo perche non sento tanto buono da lontano”

“ I thought you said that Berlusconi would win”

How many times must I tell you, I’m [I]washing[/I] my hair tonight”

Man in red jumper is biting his hand, clearly a sign of distress because the guy in the brown jacket is saying “ I maika you an offer you can’t refuse”

“You arrested the chef - whatta bigga mistaika to maika”

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 13:50

I had to post this; as part of the 'tosser' story posted in "Best Italian Moments" the flag tossing-parade-thing was happening & long queues of 'tossers' were forming (yes, a traffic jam of tossers!) & a car managed to worm its way in to the mix.

The local plod intervened to nag the driver & issue the required ticket; but then in plomped the leader of the tossers & start to berate the plod for allowing a car to get through the cordon.....the heated conversation that ensued then saw the leader of the tosser get issued with a ticket for too much 'effin and jeffin' at the plod.

......proper drama!

The photo doesn't convey the level of stress & grief, but hey.....we title it "...push pineapple, shake the tree.....Aaaaaa-ga-do-do-do"

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 14:43

Again.. left to right for Charles' photo's

"Maria? Maria? Hai detto Maria? Credami.. non lo so una donna chi chiama Maria"

"I saw him steal the Christmas tree lights.. then he jumped on the back of a Vespa and headed towards Napoli."

"Si, hai ragione.. sei una donna bellissima, ma non posso signora.. in fatto, e' impossibile.. e' troppo caro!"

"Va bene.. I suppose it does match my jumper."

"Mannaggia! Ascoltami.. me ne frego, tell Clarke I'm not the Chief of Police!"

:D :D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 15:13

Aah, here come the stupido English tourist!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 15:30

Trulli

What do the signs painted onto the roof on the trulli mean?

:)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/17/2006 - 17:02

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Well, mystical, pagan or religious or lets just paint something on our Trullo! :D [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I have some info, will get back to you when found it. :) [/FONT][/COLOR]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 04:08

[LEFT]A few more for you Anastasia...:D Left to right:

[FONT=Verdana]“All right! Who drank my cappuccino” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“What do you mean ziz is not your dog”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“I thought you booked us on the Orient Express” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“Just think lucky, it could be you”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“Mamma mia non è possible. I thought this was St. Georges’s day”[/FONT]
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 04:11

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Here you are! Now we digress, back to Charles's photos cos they're great, any more anyone. My photo wasn't much to do with gestures but liked her peeping out shop![/FONT][/COLOR]
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 04:13

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana]“Ma signore, we only sell men’s clothes here” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“ But Don Berlusconi…surely you don’t think that I voted for Prodi ” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“ I am sorry signor Clarke, but these are not the people you are looking for” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“Stop reading the manual…I tell you the petrol goes in on this side”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]“Amore, I do hope you have your chequebook with you”[/SIZE] [/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 04:17

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana]“ Minchia…that beer I had last night was far too much. I hope no one notices this mess” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“[/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[FONT=Verdana]“ Sorry signore, no humans are allowed in this restaurant”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“Move over…I want to see what all the fuss is about”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“ God these humans...Its only water" [/FONT][/LEFT]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 05:06

[LEFT][FONT=Verdana]“Who said anything about the fish. I’m only here for my contraband cigarettes and cheap Vodka”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“Of course my Pizza’s are genuine made in Italy. I have them especially flown in from China”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“ I’m all for cutting back on public spending, but to reequip the police force with these is veramente ridicolo”[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“Last one to the bar pays for the limoncello” [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]“That’s another fina messa you’ve got me into Giovanni”[/FONT][/LEFT]
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 07:52

When the boat comes in.

Neapolitan funeral parlour.

Seeking the Dragon.

La passeggiata.

Selling Lotto tickets.

Trulli, magical mystery and folklore.. how strange, I was just reading about Italian superstitions and will start a new thread, 'cus we dont want to give Ronni a headache.. or take this thread..
[ATTACH]558[/ATTACH] I must remember to ask premission to use these new icons.. :D