The dictionary of «Italiese» is born: half Italian and half English

Source: Corriere del Mezzogiorno In 4-5 months it will be available online. It collects a particular vocabulary created by immigrants in North America. NAPLES - Until now it was known as the language of the [...]

October 20th, 2016|

ITALIESE – Italian or English?

As any change is a possible enrichment, the influence of the English language on the Italian one is certainly an interesting fact. But someone exaggerates ... our blog "Italiese – Rubrica bacchettona" studies with lightness [...]

October 20th, 2016|

Italiese, our beautiful language of ‘Merica!

Source: La Voce di New York This is an interview with Michele Cecchini, author of the novel “Per il bene che ti voglio” in which the protagonist Antonio Bevilacqua, from Lucca, immigrated to California in [...]

October 20th, 2016|

Store, storo or negozio? The Back Story of Italiese

Source: An Italian Canadian Life I’ve been itching to see something new. Get away and plan a vacation. While we’ve been planning, we’ve been joking around and it brought up  a word my grandmother used [...]

October 20th, 2016|

Italiese: Not just for immigrants

Source: italicissima The word italiese italiese (Italian + English) was coined by Gianrenzo Clivio in 1975 to describe the mixture between Italian and English spoken by Italian immigrants in Canada. This term is also used [...]

October 20th, 2016|