Northern Italian or Southern Italian? - Accent Challenge

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• CA

  @CaviarCigarettes · 9 years ago

  In Italy you can literally cross the street and they will have a different accent.

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• JA

  @JackWiizard · 9 years ago

  Every corner of Italy has its own Accent.

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• DA

  @davidnuccioni3174 · 9 years ago

  in Italy every ittle city has his own accent because in Italy every little city has is  own story

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• PA

  @paolopizzi5603 · 9 years ago

  We Romans don't double consonants, we TRIPLE them!!  :)

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• IZ

  @IzayahSM · 9 years ago

  aaah whether it is in North or South, italian language is pretty <3

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• BE

  @beatme58 · 10 years ago

  how did you lose your accent. my dad still sounds like super mario and he has been living in England for 25 years

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• LA

  @laurignano · 9 years ago

  As an Italian-Canadian, I find this very interesting. Although I was born in Canada, I have been blessed to be exposed to many different Southern Italian Dialects all of my life (including Sicilian). My father is Calabrese (from a town near the city of Cosenza, which dialect is closer to Napoli’s dialect) and my mother is Sardinian (which I would argue is its own language completely). I can honestly say I have had such limited experience speaking with anyone with a Northern accent that I would have never known the major differences without this video. <br><br>In Canadian cities such as Toronto and Montreal (which had large Italian immigration), we have grown accustomed to hearing Southern Italian dialects. When I first visited Italy as a kid, all I knew was Italese (Italian and English mixed) and Calabrese (Cosentino). &nbsp;Unfortunately for me, I landed in the Milan first and no one could understand a word I was saying. It wasn’t until I hit Naples and eventually my father&apos;s home town that I was able to have a full out conversation with someone…which was one of the strangest experiences of my life. Luckily, through listening to music and studying Italian in School, I have now got a pretty good grasp on the Italian language.<br><br>I think you would be very interested in seeing how the Italian population in Canada has not changed culturally since the 60s / 70s. Although many people who live in Canada do not know this, but the Italian culture they know today in North American is actually a Southern Italian culture and not Northern Italian culture. Most interestingly, I would say that the Italian culture in Canada (and in the United States and Australia) is a time warp. But as our grandparents and parents get older, these traditions may fade and things will change. I’m just glad I have had the opportunity to experience such a thing. <br><br>Thanks for the amazing video. You now have a new subscriber!

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• FL

  @FlexibleFlyer50 · 3 years ago

  My dad was born in Sicily in a small town not far from Agrigento. &nbsp;He came to the US when he was a year old. &nbsp;His parents both spoke dialect, and it was a very old dialect that few people on the mainland could even understand.<br>The Arabic language influence was strong, and I&apos;ll cite two examples: &nbsp; &quot;letto&quot; is bed in Italian; &nbsp;however, my grandparents and my father called bed &quot;beddu.&quot; &nbsp; &quot;Cavafiore&quot; is Italian for cauliflower, but in their dialect it was &quot;mouzatura.&quot; &nbsp; My grandparents had 15 children, with 9 surviving until adulthood. &nbsp;My father was the only one who ever wanted to visit Sicily and see the relatives. &nbsp;Even his younger second and third cousins had a difficult time understanding him. &nbsp;After my parents made their third trip to Sicily, my father was so upset that no one could understand him that he enrolled in a college Italian class. &nbsp; At 74 years old he loved the class and the other students. &nbsp; Once a month they would go to a local Italian restaurant and get to use their language skills. &nbsp; My father continued to take Italian courses until he was 80. &nbsp; He always said those days in the classroom twice a week were marvelous. &nbsp;Of course, my mother had to nag him to do his homework, but we were proud of him for sticking with the classes. &nbsp; When my parents returned to Sicily for their final visit my father astounded the family with his proficiency in the Tuscan dialect. &nbsp; Happy times. &nbsp; Good memories.

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• SM

  @smarello89 · 9 years ago

  Il tuo inglese è impressionante! O_O<br>Se non ti vedessi in volto, sembreresti madrelingua inglese al 100%!

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• NO

  @nonnaida · 8 years ago

  &quot;è forte...è sempre...città santa&quot; pare lo spot del Vaticano :D

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• BI

  @bimmerboy87 · 9 years ago

  the differences in accents are interesting, particularly for the pronunciation of &quot;s&quot;. &nbsp;The southern italians pronounce &quot;s&quot; like the spaniards, while the northern italians pronounce &quot;s&quot; like the french. &nbsp;i wonder if thats because the northern italians are closer to france, and the southern italy was part of the spanish empire, and thus had spanish influences.

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• ST

  @StormsRider · 9 years ago

  Riguardo i commenti che ho letto sul suo accento, posso assicurare - dall&apos;alto dei miei 54 anni vissuti da poliglotta all&apos;interno di una famiglia poliglotta ove l&apos;inglese è predominante - che il suo accento è più che eccellente, e difficilmente un inglese potrebbe dedurre che non sia di madrelingua, figuriamoci poi un italiano! Ciò che alcuni hanno percepito (da non madrelingua) come &quot;accento italiano&quot; è invece solo &quot;musicalità&quot;. Ed effettivamente la sua musicalità tradisce molto la sua italianità (bravo chi l&apos;ha notato anche se l&apos;ha scambiato per accento). Quella è davvero dura da estirpare ma, se non si vive l&apos;apprendimento di una lingua come un&apos;ossessione, ha davvero, ma davvero poca rilevanza.<br><br>Si tenga presente che io esprimo un commento su YouTube una o due volte l&apos;anno, quando davvero si rende necessario. E questo ragazzo parla il miglior inglese che abbia mai sentito fuoriuscire dalla bocca di un italiano, parola di vecchio marinaio giramondo ;-) ⚓⛵

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