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Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2007A va napola
"A va napola". Woss this mean, please? I found it in Episode 5, Series 1 of /The Sopranos/. Tony says it to his daughter. Googling turns up little, including: A va napola, you lousy f.ck! BLAM! to his stomach. BLAM! to his crotch. BLAM! to his ugly f.cking head. DISSOLVE TO: INT. APARTMENT - SAME NIGHT. ... which doesn't sound like the sort of thing a loving father would say to his daughter. TIA > "A va napola". Woss this mean, please? I found it in Episode > 5, Series 1 of /The Sopranos/. Tony says it to his daughter. > > Googling turns up little, including: [reader discretion is advised] > which doesn't sound like the sort of thing a loving father > would say to his daughter. Googling on just "va napola" gets you a number of hits that claim it's Sicilian for "Go to Hull," or maybe "to Slough". Napoli, eh. >> "A va napola". Woss this mean, please? I found it in Episode >> 5, Series 1 of /The Sopranos/. Tony says it to his daughter. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Googling on just "va napola" gets you a number of hits that claim it's >Sicilian for "Go to Hull," or maybe "to Slough". Napoli, eh. While we're hovering around this subject maybe someone would like to explain the insults in Latin exchanged between Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo in "Tombstone".  SignatureRobin Herts, England > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:13:25 -0400, "CDB" > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > to explain the insults in Latin exchanged between Doc Holliday > and Johnny Ringo in "Tombstone". <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone_%28movie%29#Latin> -- Jerry Friedman cannot confirm or deny anything at the Wikipedia article. >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:13:25 -0400, "CDB" >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone_%28movie%29#Latin> Thanks, Jerry. It never occurred to me to look there. SignatureRobin Herts, England > "A va napola". Woss this mean, please? I found it in Episode 5, >Series 1 of /The Sopranos/. Tony says it to his daughter. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > TIA "A va napola"... It's cockney rhyming slang for "hava nagila" Jitze |
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