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Posted by leoguerrero June 24, 2008 in the Group Welcome to ItalianPod Groups .
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jpvillanueva says
June 25, 2008
Am I in the group now? Amazza!
michele says
June 26, 2008
JP, who's your... Roman teacher?
Have a look to this...
auntie68 says
June 26, 2008
What does "amazza" mean? I can't find a direct reference in my (little) Italian dictionary, and the definition of "amazzare" sounds a bit scary! Thanks to anyone who can shed light on this for me...
michele says
June 26, 2008
ciao Auntie,
I'm afraid it's exactly what you guessed!
Classico Dialetto Romanesco! I've found a page that could confirm your worse hypothesis, but Romans are usually peaceful persons nowadays, in the past, when this colourful expression I think was invented, probably a little bit less. I didn't copy the text of the page to leave all the pleasure of the discovery of the wide range of multi-purpose possible (extremely tasty) Roman expression....
BTW, when I was a boy, I had some Roman good friend, and I went quite often to spend some time with them. I did not know at that time I would become interested in different languages some years later, but I remember pretty well how all these expression was easy to learn. They all remained in my ears and my tongue, glued so stronlgy, that when I came back in Florence, my friends and my family was a little bit perplexed for my new alien parlance...
auntie68 says
June 26, 2008
Thanks, michele, for the nth time... In my little dictionary, "amazzare" has a similar meaning to "uccidere". To be fair to Romans, one of my dearest friends here in Singapore (for over 12 years) is a Roman -- in every sense of the word! -- who grew up in a pretty rough Roman neighbourhood. He's pure "class".
This Roman friend reins in his colourful language for me, out of respect and friendship. And he doesn't take "attitude" from anybody. Now that is myhumble personal definition of "class"! He is a qualified engineer (= military radar applications), by the way... even though he doesn't use it every day. His panna cotta is so wonderful! Now aren't Italians wonderful?
anna8 says
June 28, 2008
Dear Auntie,
I think JP meant to say "Ammazza!" or "Wow!"
auntie68 says
June 28, 2008
Oops. Thanks anna8...
jpvillanueva says
June 29, 2008
Ammazza!
star1me says
July 29, 2008
i see much passion about that funny-sounded word:ammazza!!! i kinda like the sound of it! and i think i might have found my new slogan for the summer!
ping0000 says
July 30, 2008
it seems to be good!
ping0000 says
July 30, 2008
i will join every groups in case
ping0000 says
July 30, 2008
i will have my own groups in feture!
sanp says
September 3, 2008
Welcome.....