It might sound brutto (ugly) to Dante, but I am proud that the city I love so much has left its mark on my now Italian speaking tongue. In fact, the famous Italian Poet Dante Alighieri said that it was worse than a ‘vulgar tongue’, but was infact ‘profanity’. Woohoo! I was chuffed when they said I sounded like a Roman.įor some, the Roman accent and dialect for that matter, isn’t very appealing. Somehow in the three years of living in Rome, I managed to pick up a Roman accent, according to some Italians. you have a Roman accent’.Īs an Australian speaking Italian, I am always conscious of my lazy anglo saxon tongue butchering the beautifully melodic Italian language. When in Rome, do as the Romans do…speak Romanesco! Blend in as you brush up on these common Roman dialect words and phrases so next time you’re in Rome, you’ll be speaking like a Roman! Impress the locals with these colourful Roman dialect words.
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