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Re: gigli

Stephen Waite — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:06:49 GMT

It?s a derogatory term for an ill-mannered or crude person. From: napulitano@yahoogroups.com [mailto:napulitano@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nazzareno

Re: gigli

Nazzareno Guglielmo Cipolla — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:03:22 GMT

Oh, well what does cafone mean, bro? ... From: Stephen Waite Subject: RE: [Napulitano] Re: gigli To: napulitano@yahoogroups.com Date:

Re: gigli

Stephen Waite — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:36:48 GMT

I presume gavon to be a phonetic rendering of cafone. From: napulitano@yahoogroups.com [mailto:napulitano@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vincenzo Antonio

Re: gigli

Nazzareno Guglielmo Cipolla — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:35:50 GMT

I've got so many songs on my ipod, I can't remember which one had gigli. I think in the song they said don't be a gigli, but that's all I can really

Re: gigli

Dale Erwin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:29:57 GMT

Of course, literally it means "lillies" or "lily-white." -- Dale Erwin Av. Circunvalación CEC-2 Urb. Los Girasoles de Huampaní Lurigancho, Lima 15, PERU

Re: gigli

Dale Erwin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:28:43 GMT

... Really!?!?!? Of course, I'm basing my opinion strictly on the meaning in Italian, and I don't know if has a different meaning in napulitano, but "giglio"

Re: gigli

Nazzareno Guglielmo Cipolla — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:15:29 GMT

Hey, don't get me wrong, because I'm not the kind that watches musicals, but Grease was on a couple of months ago, and I remembered how all the kids at my

Re: gigli

Vincenzo Antonio Giacchetti II — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:05:34 GMT

"giadrul" is actually spelled "Cetrulo" wich means two things in napoletano, it actually means cucumber, but the second is a fool, or block head of sorts. As

Re: Old Italian TV Program about recognizing dialects

vito genovese — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:26:23 GMT

I assume nobody has ever heard of this show....??? I know it exsisted...I watched with my own eyes when I was younger... ... From: Carmine COLACINO

gigli

Nazzareno Guglielmo Cipolla — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:50:27 GMT

I just heard the word gili or gigli used in a satirical song, and it seemed to have a derogatory meaning from the context, like giadrul or gavon was used in

Old Italian TV Program about recognizing dialects

Carmine COLACINO — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:43:05 GMT

I do not know about that program... Has anybody else any recall about it? Carmine

Fw: Re: [Napulitano] Lusingame

vito genovese — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:23:23 GMT

... From: vito genovese Subject: Re: [Napulitano] Lusingame To: napulitano@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 2, 2008, 9:24 PM I

Re: Lusingame

vito genovese — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:25:05 GMT

I dont know the name...contestants would come on and they would have a word or phrase, and the contestant had to guess which dialect it is...It was a very

Re: Lusingame

Carmine COLACINO — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:35:56 GMT

I apologixe, but I am not sure about which game are you talking about.... any other details? Cheers. Carmine

Fw: Re: [Napulitano] Lusingame

vito genovese — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:31:25 GMT

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