IlConte
25 mar 18
DeRank ™: 4,83
Ernesto Nathan, mayor of Rome at the beginning of the 1900s, was astonished when he noticed the item "offal for cats" in the budget and decreed that it be struck off. The noble cats should satisfy themselves with the flesh of rodents, not tripe. Hence the phrase “nun c’è trippa pe’ gatti,” pronounced, however, with a strong Anglo-Saxon enunciation. A more trivial version of the episode suggests that Nathan exclaimed in angloromanesco upon seeing the item "gatti":
“E ‘sti cats?”, giving rise to the famous now national expression “STICAZZI?”
Extraordinary, ahahahahahahahah
“E ‘sti cats?”, giving rise to the famous now national expression “STICAZZI?”
Extraordinary, ahahahahahahahah
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