Re: Italians Qs (Stolen; was Re: You have a word for it?)
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 28, 2002, 3:25 |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, jogloran wrote:
> <<
> Also, one of the characters father has a nickname of Peppe 'Mmerde',
> which
> is carefully not translated. Anyone know what it means? (If you want,
> you
> can email that reply privately.)
> >>
>
> Hehe, the standard Italian word for shit is "merde", and initial
> geminates are a feature of dialects including Sicilian. That and the
> fact that it is tactfully untranslated means that it's probably that
> word...
And the fact that it's fitting, too. One gets the impression that Peppe
Mmerde is not the cleanest of people. Or nicest, either; he'd taken
twelve bullets in the back.
Tristan