Edibles: 'Speaking' Italian
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Someone taught me a not-so-nice phrase once: va fancuolo. Basically, "shove it up yr ... " Of course that's one of the few Italian phrases I remember. That and in boca al lupo, "in the mouth of the wolf," i.e., "good luck," to which you apparently respond, "crepe al lupo," ("kill the wolf"). Very cool language. Should have taken Italian.
Adam Kuban at 5:50PM on 02/01/07
Very funny spot. There's an excellent book by Bruno Munari about common Italian phrasings and their accompanying hand gestures. (A couple concern reacting to food that tastes good (or any superlative), like drawing an imaginary horizontal line in front of one's chest with thumb and forefinger touching, or using the same thumb-and-forefinger combo and making a pretend self cheek twisting gesture, with the fingertips just touching but not actually grabbing the cheek.) By the way, 'vuoi' is 'VWOY' (one syllable).
Sandro at 6:26PM on 02/01/07
This is by far my favorite of the Edibles! Funny editing, especially at the beginning.
Lia Bulaong at 6:45PM on 02/05/07