On 12/4/2010 1:06 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:33:32 -0500, ravenlynne
> > wrote:
>
>> visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part of
>> Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in maryland
>> telling you florida doesn't exist.
>
> I thought Italy was a little more unified than that in the last couple
> of decades, but don't the old people still speak in local dialects?
> The old fashioned mind set over there is still regional, not national.
>

Yes. In my Italian language class we were taught Italian. We were told
that we would be understood in the north. In naples, it's a combo of
italian, spanish and greek.

I was told in a hotel in Rome (a holiday inn lol) after telling the
concierge that we live in Italy, in Naples that "Naples isn't Italy".
He had this pinched, disgusted look on his face.

I suppose it takes a few generations to change a mindset.

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