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Expressions in Dialect<\/h1><\/div>

Jammo cu\u2019 \u2018a pala! E Pronte cu\u2019 \u2018 a pala!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pizzaiolo shouts this to prompt the oven worker to bring him the pizza peel so that he can place a pizza on it for baking<\/p>\n

Comm\u2019 addora \u2018a vasenicola \u2018ncopp\u2019 \u2018 a pizza<\/strong><\/p>\n

This exclamation reminds everyone to admire the beautiful smell of fresh basil being scattered onto a pizza<\/p>\n

Mio sign\u00f2, \u2018 e vvulite \u2018 e cecenielle \u2018ncopp\u2019 \u2018a sti pizzelle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Naples the word \u2018ceceniello\u2019 means baby anchovies or sardines. In Italian these are usually called \u2018bianchetti\u2019.<\/p>\n

The pizzaiolo says this to inform his customers that pizza with \u2018cecenielli\u2019is available.<\/p>\n

Neh! Ca io me cocio!…<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pizzaiolo cries this when the pizza is extrememly hot<\/p>\n

Ma che so\u2019 brioche?…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Used to describe a very soft and fluffy dough like the one used to make brioche<\/p>\n

Favurite, favurite. Ve ne magnate ciento int\u2019 a \u2018nu suscio \u2018e viento.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The boy outside the pizzeria shouts this to tempt passers-by to try some pizza\u2026. \u2018so light you could eat a hundred of them in the puff of a breeze\u2019<\/p>\n

So\u2019 quant\u2019a \u2018na rota \u2018 carretta!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Describes a pizza with a large diameter, as big as a cart wheel.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neh! Ca i\u2019 me ne fuio!…<\/strong><\/p>\n

This expression has more than one meaning. It can mean that a pizza is so hot that you have to drop it and run or risk burning yourself. Otherwise it can mean a pizza to be eaten on the go whilst still hot, or it can indicate the speed with which a person can manage to eat a pizza when they\u2019re in a hurry.<\/p>\n

Favurite\u2026\u2019a tengo c\u2019\u2019o ceceniello e cu\u2019 \u2018a pummarola!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Used to encourage people to come into the pizzeria and try some pizza, either with fish or with tomato.<\/p>\n

\u2018Na lira \u2018a mamma e \u2018a figlia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The boy would shout this in the street to let everyone know that for just one lira they could buy a whole pizza with a little extra slice thrown in. It was a kind of special offer.<\/p>\n

\u2018O tengo cavere e chino \u2018alice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pizzaiolo would shout this to let customers know that he is selling hot calzone pizza with anchovy filling.<\/p>\n

Often pizza chefs would sing little songs or rhyming jingles, with words made up on the spur of the moment. These were called \u201cvoci\u201d, or voices, and they were meant to draw the attention of potential customers and sell more pizza.<\/p>\n

\u2018E tengo caure caure \u2018 e ppizze!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018E tengo c\u2019 \u2018o fungetiello e c\u00f9 alice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

E bide soreta che dice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soreta dice: e magnatella \u2018a pizza<\/strong><\/p>\n

C\u2019\u2019o fungetiello e alice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pizzas are hot, hot<\/p>\n

with mushrooms and anchovies<\/p>\n

Look which one your sister wants<\/p>\n

Your sister says: eat a pizza<\/p>\n

With mushrooms and anchovies<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another example would be:<\/p>\n

Nu \u2018rano, nu ra\u2019 una e meza!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A grain, a grain: a pizza and a half!<\/p>\n

Na \u2018prubbeca, na \u2018prubbeca<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three tornesi, three tornesi (the tornesi was a copper coin incised with the motto \u2018publica commoditas\u2019 which entered into<\/p>\n

circulation during the reign of Philip III of Spain in 1559)<\/p>\n

Cheste songo \u2018 sotto \u2018 Vesuvio<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u2019\u00e8 scurruta \u2018 lava \u2018 ll\u2019uoglio!<\/strong><\/p>\n

These come from under Vesuvius, the lava oil is dripping!<\/p>\n

Nu soldo: a\u2019 mamma e e a\u2019 figlia!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mother and daughter can both eat for just one coin.<\/p>\n

Lo scomodo<\/strong>, expression used by the pizzaiolo to explain to the persona at the till that a customer had brought his pizza topping from home and so only had to pay for dough and labour.<\/p>\n

Ogg a otto,<\/strong> In Neapolitan dialect this means \u2018the same day next week\u2019. This was a form of credit which was widely used in Neapolitan eateries: you dine today and pay in eight days\u2019 time. It had two advantages: poor customers could take advantage of the offer and at the same time the pizzaiolo created a bond with his customer base.<\/p>\n

L\u2019ora ra tiella<\/strong>, A true metaphor describing both the oil boiling in the pan at the perfect temperature and the bustle of customers in the pizzeria during peak hours<\/p>\n

Voll, \u00e8 gi\u00e0 caur<\/strong>, means that the oil has reached the perfect temperature<\/p>\n

Il sospeso, <\/strong>is a tab left open for a customer to pay later<\/p>\n

Comm cazz coc<\/strong>, These three c\u2019s describe the perfection of either a fried pizza or one just out of the oven, translating something like \u2018hell, that\u2019s hot!\u2019<\/p>\n

Frienn e magnann<\/strong>, A Neapolitan expression which describes hot fried food which is immediately gobbled up<\/p>\n

A nzogn \u00e8 vullent, <\/strong>In the past food was fried in lard; you had to wait for it to melt before frying<\/p>\n

Vott e man<\/strong>, This would typically be shouted by the pizzaiolo to encourage his kitchen staff to work faster<\/p>\n

A chi vo a palett e o treppere la schiumarola e a votapesce<\/strong>, \u00a0utensils for frying pizza<\/p>\n

Vott a rind<\/strong>, The pizzaiolo shouts this to remind the oven worker that it\u2019s time to put a pizza in the oven<\/p>\n

Vai ca a pala<\/strong>, Expression meaning that it\u2019s time to bring the pizza peel to the pizzaiolo because a pizza is ready for baking<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1043,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions\/1179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizzanapoletana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}