In Which I Obtain Tutoring From A Native

[serinde]

syringavulgaris: Scusi me, dov'e di uffizio postale?
syringavulgaris: LOOK I KNOW STUFF
dariodevil: Minchia!
syringavulgaris: ...as long as the post office is what I need to get to
syringavulgaris: What's that?
dariodevil: Penis!
dariodevil: Now you are smarter than you were before.
syringavulgaris: The prof said the first day, when he was going over pronunciation, that it's important to really roll with the double consonants, because otherwise "penne", a type of pasta, becomes "pene", a penis.
dariodevil: Well, yeah, "pene" is the medical term.
dariodevil: "Minchia" is the "Dario's people grab their groin and make this sound while waving their arm around and spitting on the ground while Malta scores a goal on Palermo during league finals" version.

Comments

[sweh.livejournal.com]

So "cock" then?

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

So it seems.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

There's a whole series of books with titles like Mierde!, Scheisse! and Zakennayo! (just to list the ones on my shelf) the specialize in covering the vernacular and profane sides of language that tend not to get taught in school. There's probably one for Italian.

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

Yes, one needs to be sure to order penne pasta instead of pene pasta... unless of course, they're ordering it with alfredo sauce.