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hobbit709

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2. EVERYBODY in Italy speaks a distinct dialect.

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 10:26 AM

Oct 2012

Wait until you get to southern Italy, where people in one town can barely understand someone from 20 miles away.
Especially in Alberobello, where the dialect is a mixture of Italian and Albanian.

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Mass rally in Venice to call for independence from Italy [View all] dkf Oct 2012 OP

Just on time to be underwater.... WCGreen Oct 2012 #1

I thought the same thing. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #10

EVERYBODY in Italy speaks a distinct dialect. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #2

Then you have the Italians in Switzerland who look down on all of them. grantcart Oct 2012 #4

Hell, the northern Italians look down on the southern Italians and Sicilians. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #5

I know but you should see how the Italians in Switzerland talk about the people just across the grantcart Oct 2012 #6

40 years ago when I was in Italy hobbit709 Oct 2012 #7

Ah, Ticino tama Oct 2012 #9

The rich north wants to ditch the poorer south. grantcart Oct 2012 #3

I was in Venice last year Nevernose Oct 2012 #8