Anyone else watch the “pasta grammar” youtube channel?
This is one of their first videos, about the rules of pasta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTqvM1h7WhI
I’ve seen it in Italy and in America. Different places have different dialects (regions, cities, towns, etc). I like to joke that even households have a different dialect.
Where’s the pasta fazhool?
Italingish is worse than Spanglish. I am half Italian and I say “calamari” and “cappicola.” Never cared for low class trashy culture promoted by Hollywood.
My uncle (my grandfather, his dad, was an Italian immigrant) was down in Savanna Georgia to dine at a friend’s new Italian restaurant. He ordered a plate of pasta and asked the waitress if he could have it “al dente”
The girl put her hand on her hip and said “Al who???”
Wonder how many people can pronounce Sfogliatella. I know how the Sicilians say it.
My skin crawls when I hear tomato sauce referred to as gravy. And I’m from NJ.