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March 24, 2008
Dialects
Have you ever heard an Italian say "I just don't understand people from [the South/the North/Naples]?" Here you go - evidence that they're not making it up.
I was at Termini on Saturday looking at the travel section in the books store there and came across this shelf in the midst of the Italian language instruction section - dictionaries - or word lists - for Bolognese, Friuliano (NE Italy - between Venice and Slovenia and Austria), Genovese, Milanese, Napoletano. These are pretty substantial books, though less densely printed than a full scale dictionary. The two I picked up (Milanese and Napoletano) are single-column-per-page lists. I need to go back and look at their introductions to see what plan of assembly they're following.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 24, 2008 10:25 AM