Originally Posted by
Perche
When I am in a Napolitano bar and ask the bar person for something in Italian, if they are over 50, they develop a frightful look on their face. Most usually have a youngster around, and they call them over to translate italian into Napolitano and back, because it is now the law that all Napolitano children must learn italian in grammar school, so most young people in Naples can now speak italian.
Don't get me wrong, but having spent almost all my entire life there I can testify that this is something I have never heard, told or seen before, and I can actually hardly imagine the scene.
But it could be a nice scene for an american movie, though, provided they start using some theatrical gestures, too.
