I ffatto is majjolicaro ssu er, (1)
jje do:" How much do you pe '' I'm working? "He looks and
mm'arisponne: "Brother dear !..." (2)
and shoot mme 'na mme dark figure!
"Shit ... - Jje I say - I think dear
mica I know 'er der Treasury Minister
!..." "ccola Grasso, who is going cce paro - (3)
terminating him - the way majjolica dd'oro! ... "(4)
" Vieranno pure gold ste mmajjòliche -
I close my - er nun you discuss 'trade but mme mme P to do is lle colic:
coast PPIU ariparà' I'm gabbinetto that arif ssette villas ar Cavajjere!, (5)
(Rossopasquino 2009, August)
Glossary AND NOTES
1. ER = MAJJOLICARO The craftsman who decorates the walls of bathrooms and kitchens.
2. FRATER DEAR! ... = Traditional mode of converse between respectful irony.
3. GRASS CCOLA = How to say 'yes and no', 'to limit 'and the like.
4. VIE '= Costa DD'ORO a blunder.
5. AR = CAVAJJERE Indovìnala, cricket! ...
6. COR = MUST ARISPETTO inevitable expression meaning when it comes to toilets or places of decency.
(traduzzione pe 'majjolicari studied them)
TRADES
Expenditure (The Bath)
I did go home the craftsman of the baths,
say, "How do you expect for this job? " He studies the situation and I answered:" Brother dear !..." "Wow! ... - I say - it seems a high price: I'm not the Secretary of the Treasury
" cost too much these tiles -
I conclude - and I do not discuss your expertise
but I feel these figures are colic liver:
costs me more to fix this bathroom redo
that the seven houses of the Knight !,
talking with all due respect ... "
(Guga)
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