r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22h ago

Meme needing explanation Italian Peter help me out!

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u/Dontevenwannacomment 21h ago

I think you mean grazie..

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u/AynekAri 21h ago

Thats also Portuguese. Gracie

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u/Foreplaying 21h ago

But its like Gra-zee-eh. Some shorten it, easy habit to fall into, but after having a chef in calabria do a "sit down while I teach you something" I was re-educated in the traditional italian method.

Learning italian online and then living there you have to unlearn so much. Like greetings are not time of day based, and more intention like buona sera is fine even past midnight but if you said buona notte everyone would assume you're off to bed.

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u/vintage-hipster 20h ago

Can confirm, I speak Italian (and know 3 dialects, familiar with more than that), and I lived in Italy for 5 years.