View Full Version : Terroni is not just southern Italian food


Villa
06-30-2008, 06:53 PM
Just happen to see this while doing a search for some things about Italians and Italy.

"There is a really bad word that the northern Italians have created for the southern Italians : "terroni."
This word is very bad, it's as bad as saying the "n" word to a black person."

"Terroni is a pejorative term for southern Italians slung mostly by hooligans in the North, a rough word
meaning “peasant” but with strong overtones of “mud people” that I’ve mostly heard directed at
Napoli soccer players by ultras in Bergamo and Milano."

Terroni - Traditional Southern Italian Food-

LA Weekly - Eat+Drink - Terroni: That's Italian! - Jonathan Gold ...Nov 21, 2007 ... Recalling the Old Country, quirks and all. By Jonathan Gold.
www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/first-bite/terroni-thats-italian/17732/ - 46k - Cached - Similar pages

paolo
07-01-2008, 01:11 AM
Hi Villa Terroni detto 'Terun' al nord e' disprezzativo ma delle volte e' usato anche in senso scherzoso -
Mi hai pero' ricordato di aggiungere barzellette sul Nord e il Sud
http://my.lifeinitaly.com/showthread.php?t=3829

Ho messo le mie preferite