[trial.soc.culture.italian] [In English] Re: che lingua usare?: primi risultati

marchi@gold.cchem.berkeley.edu (Massimo Marchi) (05/20/91)

In article <1991May18.061209.4011@cs.ucla.edu> marino@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Fabio Marino) writes:
>Onestamente, non sono sicuro a cosa ti riferisci nel senso di cosa sia
>l'immagine dell' Italia all'estero (estero dove ? America, CEE, Unione
>Sovietica..), pero' da cio' che affermi penso lo studio si riferisca
>fondamentalmente agli USA, nel qual caso gli stereotipi dureranno

You people always blame Americans for silly stereotypes. Maybe rightly
so, however if you want to learn about stereotypes of Italy in Great
Britain you just have to watch the BBC show "Summer lease" now running
on PBS.  The show is based on a novel by John (?) Mortimer.  It is said
that in Siena the "idrico" (the water company run by the Godless
communists) does not give you a monthly bill, but you have to pay a
bribery if you want water in your house.  In Siena if you don't like
somebody you pay some money to a truck driver and he will manage to run
over that person at the first occasion. The police will never bother to
investigate. People in Siena are either ugly looking when young or dumb
looking riding the back of a moped when old.  Of course everybody
speaks with funny accents from everywhere but Siena.

I love my British European brothers!

Massimo
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