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Pillole siciliane:“quannu pari sdirrupi palazzi”
Let. Quando parli fai cadere i palazzi. Detto di persona che fa cadere le braccia, eccessivamente schietta e dirompente nei suoi modi. Ovviamente, come spesso succede nel dover spiegare una locuzione dialettale in italiano, c’è sempre una grossa fetta di significato correlata alla pragmatica (di cui parleremo) che purtroppo, e fatalmente, va persa. Ma le approssimazioni mica si buttano!
HCS-La Squadra’s Dictionary, where are they from? Part 3
Part 1 (Melone and Ghiaccio)
Part 2 (Formaggio and lluso)
Risotto; Prosciutto
Risotto
Sicily, (Messina)
Risotto was born in Messina.
He speaks almost exclusively messinese (dialect of Messina). He began to speak proper Italian only when he became the leader of his team and could only be understood by one member, Prosciutto.
Messina has an historical rivalry with Palermo.
Some typical features of the Sicilian dialect are also present in the dialect of Messina, together with some dialectal peculiarities shared with the dialect of Reggio Calabria:
A unique feature of the Messina dialect is that the 'i' in unstressed syllabes that are not positioned at the beginning of a word is pronounced /ɨ/:
e.g.
Missina /mɨˈsːina/ "Messina" > missinisi /mɨsːɨˈnisɨ/ "Messinese" (and not /misːiˈnisi/)
Favourite expressions (dialect)
"Ma fai u seriu, vaia, babbu." (Are you serious? Stop talking nonsense, you dumbface.)
"A ietta sangu." (lit. Bleed to death)
"Non ti scantari." (Don't be afraid)
"Babbiddiu." (Dummy.)
"Baciannicchiu." (Stupid.)
"Ma pensu..." (I think so...)
"A cauci’nto culu!!" (Quickly!!)
"Non ni inchiri i pila." (Stop bothering me.)
"A viri sta manu? a vo virri cu zum?" (You see this hand?Wanna get a closer look?)
"Vidi mi ti fazzu fari Messina-Palemmu vulannu." (I'll slap you so hard that I'll make you fly from Messina to Palermo).
"Ti ni ghiavu una chi pi ghiavartini n'autra ta ciccari cu la scientifica." (I'll give you a slap, so hard that to give you another I have to look out for you with forensics.)
"Si non ti stai fermo, ti fazzu tornare cu casciabancu." (Quit it or I'll make you sleep in a casket.)
"Vogghiu i provi, cca' i vogghiu." (I want proofs. And I want them here and now.)
"Voi vidiri comu vegnu docu e ti pigghiu a tumpulati?" (Want to see me come there so I can start beating you?)
"A mia mi pari na pigghiata pu u culu." (This is fucking fraud.)
"Ti manciu l’anma." (You're dead meat.)
"MANNAIA LA CULONNA" (this clever imprecation substitutes a terrible blasphemy)
Risotto explaining that the target is in a very far away location
Formaggio:"Aò! 'Ndò sta er coglionazzo?"
(Where's our next target?)
"Casa di ddiu"
(Miles from anywhere.)
Formaggio:"Mecojoni."
(Of course.)
Risotto teaching Pesci how to park
"Quannu senti a’ bbotta, rruasti."
(When you hear the car bumping, it means you're arrived at your destination)
Risotto reproaching one of his team members
"Ma cettu chi tu matri era mbriaca quannu ti fici."
(Your mother was definitely dead drunk when she conceived you.)
Risotto tired of hearing about Formaggio's latest affair
"Ma l'hai u pottu d'ammi pi sparari sti minchiati?"
(Do you have a gun license just to shoot the shit?)
Prosciutto
Sicily, (Palermo)
Born in Palermo from a family associated with Cosa Nostra.
Illuso defines him as a "terrone ripulito" because even if he does not often speak in palermitano, he has a really thick accent.
Risotto once said to him: "Non sirvi chi parri tischi-toschi, si sente di dove si.). With the expression "Tischi toschi" (which literally means:'like the Tuscans') he straight up told him that it's useless for him to hide his accent and to pretend he comes from the north.
Prosciutto always tries to speak proper italian, but when he gets angry, he resorts to palermitano.
Palermo and Messina hate each other, but Prosciutto has nothing but respect for Risotto.
Since palermitano is another diatopic variety of the Sicilian dialect, it has a lot of things in common with the messinese.
A lot of expressions are actually shared by both dialects. So it's not rare to hear Prosciutto and Risotto saying the same things with some little phonologic differences.
Favourite expressions (dialect)
“Amunì” (Let's go!)
"Si na camurrìa" (you're a nuisance)
"Ma va scassacci ‘a minchia." (Stop bothering me.)
"Si nuddu ammiscatu cu nente." (You're worthless.)
"Si na negghia." (You're a good for nothing.)
"Muoviti ddruocu" (Don't move.)
"Cca sugnu." (I am here, I take life the way it is.)
"Suca" (lit. suck it.)
"Bedda Maaaaatri!" (Imprecation.)
"Va ecca u vilianu" (Die.)
"I buscasti mai a st'ura." (Have you ever been beaten at this time of the day?)
"Ti pigghiu pi capiddi e ti fazzu fari Palermo-Catania tipo Via Banniaria" (I grab you by the hair and then I'll drag you from Palermo to Catania like Via Bennaria)
"Ti dugnu na boffa ca ppi daritinni n'autra t'avi a veniri a circari a scientifica" (I'll give you a slap, so hard that to give you another, I have to look out for you with forensics.)
"MANNAIA LA CULONNA" (this clever imprecation substitutes a terrible blasphemy.)
Ms. Codex 356 - Canzoni Siciliane raccolte da diversi autori
How about some Sicilian poetry? This is an anthology of Sicilian dialect poetry in ottava rima. Apparently compiled by Domnus Josephus Amarchius, in 1653.
It’s time to read them! Click here to start (or here if you want more info!)
And we arrived in beautiful Sicily, the first appointment is in
P A L E R M O
at the Teatro Verdura.
Sicily has a special charm for our guys, who feel they are at home.
“IL MONDO” , “L’AMORE SI MUOVE” (Video published by GDS.)
“PEOPLE”
“VOLARE”
Beautiful this “off program” tribute to the great Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri who recently passed away.
With great sensitivity, Piero and Ignazio sang a love song in Sicilian dialect, this is the title: “E VUI DURMITI ANCORA 💖” (And You Still Sleep).
Very beautiful this article by All Music of which I translate the best parts.
All Music Italia Article – Click Here
All Music Italia was present at the Palermo date of the show that IL VOLO is taking around the world to celebrate ten years of career.
When we talk about Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto, we must put in sequence the words talent, music and success.
Talking about the concert is a bit like doing singing lessons at the conservatory, I’m not a good teacher but I can tell great stories with my reflex. Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio sing, very well, they talk (a lot) with the public, they joke (without stopping) between them, between dialects and jokes … And between a tribute to Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra and one to Modugno, time flies!
Over two hours of emotions, even this umpteenth concert by IL VOLO confirms themselves as a guarantee of great music, of great love.
And now let’s move on, to the definitely favorite stage of the whole tour.
T A O R M I N A
Yes, because all the stages are important, but some are really SPECIAL and Taormina is certainly the most special of all.
Here the boys are at home, not only in the theater, but everywhere, on every street, in every corner. Taormina loves them, and they reciprocate with the same coin.
Who among us fans wouldn’t want to be there for a concert?
Let’s start with the beautiful photo of Mr. Ginoble.
The concert is about to begin.
“L’AMORE SI MUOVE”
“VICINISSIMO”
“ANCORA”
“O SOLE MIO” (Piero)
“MUSICA CHE RESTA”
Listen when Gianluca is good at speaking in Sicilian dialect, these guys too funny, to die for laughing. 🤣 😂 ☺️
The final greetings.
And here is the comment of my friend Melina, present at the concert (bless her!)
“Indescribable concert last night in Taormina. Impressive theater, standing ovation to every song, cheers, laughter, emotion. Words are not enough, they can’t make the idea. The boys are always magnificent, relaxed, happy and jokers. I still haven’t fallen from the pink cloud and I can’t put together coherent thoughts, so much is the wonder mixed with nostalgia and the sense of loss. As soon as I return to the real world, I will try to write something sensible.”
Another comment from Melina:
“The night before the concert, we had dinner at La Botte and the boys came to eat there too, very kind, helpful and patient. Ignazio, who had gone to pick up a granita at the Bambar, (which is in front of the restaurant) and then eat it at the restaurant table, by dint of stopping it before he sat down, made it melt, but he always smiling and affectionate, he didn’t get impatient at all and gave everyone attention.”
I would say that they were two fantastic concerts, too bad not to be there, but certainly with the heart, we were all there with them.
But I want to close this beautiful Sicilian parenthesis with a beautiful group photo, a dinner in the beautiful Taormina, with our boys and their friends and ….. Saretto Bam Bar among them.
Bye bye Sicily, Puglia is waiting for us !!
Daniela
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
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Sicilian saying of the day: gossiping
Sicilian saying of the day: gossiping
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Sicilian saying of the day: Bad habits
Sicilian saying of the day: Bad habits
U seccu chi si mancia a fichera u viziu si lu lava quannu mori.
The donkey who eats figs is only rid of the habit when he dies.
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