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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are different dialects of most romance (and other languages), however.  If you say a slang word to one person -- another person, though from the same country or continent, might not know what you are saying - or may think it is something else entirely.

You need to know your exact context, OP.  You can't just go saying things that are unfamiliar to you.

How old are you? [/quote]

Agreed.  [b]Unless you are of Italian origin, or at least have been married into an Italian family for 20 years, you really have no business saying these things.  [/b][/quote]

Oh please!  I'm in NY--ethnic slang words like "schmuck", "stunad", "gringo" etc...they've all entered the lexicon of the masses (the greatest extent that swear/slang Words can), whether one is of that background or not.[/quote]

A good New Yorker should be able to swear in Italian, Yiddish, Spanish and at least a couple of other languages. [/quote]

So true! I forgot to mention that on the thread started by an immigrant from the former Soviet Union who was looking how to help her kids learn the be "cultured" like "NY intellectuals".[/quote]

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