{"id":2016,"date":"2012-06-27T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2012-06-24T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T10:40:15","slug":"alcune-battute-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/alcune-battute-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcune Battute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Personally, I&#8217;ve always found humour a really useful means of helping me to improve my Italian. Our <strong>zio<\/strong> (uncle) Luciano who is in his 80\u2019s is an inexhaustible font of <strong>battute<\/strong> (jokes), many of which have stuck in my mind and helped me out later on, not only in making an attempt at getting a laugh out of Italian friends, but also in terms of enhancing my colloquial vocabulary. Here is a small selection of <strong>battute<\/strong> that I found on the internet, together with my translations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia.jpg\" aria-label=\"Doccia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1996\"  alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"737\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia.jpg 532w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia-253x350.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">That moment in which you find yourself trapped in the corner of the shower <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">because suddenly only cold water comes out<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Parolacce1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Parolacce1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2004\"  alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"601\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Parolacce1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Parolacce1.jpg 294w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Parolacce1-171x350.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large;color: #333399\"><strong>I really really really love you &#8211; Uh silly little thing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large;color: #333399\"><strong>foolish\u00a0 boy &#8211; stupid girl<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large;color: #333399\"><strong>cretin &#8211; idiot<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large;color: #333399\"><strong>ass-hole &#8211; whore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>I HATE YOU &#8211; I HATE YOU EVEN MORE<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Like-a-Boss1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Like A Boss1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2007\"  alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"720\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Like-a-Boss1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Like-a-Boss1.jpg 488w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Like-a-Boss1-237x350.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">Mother! Father! &#8211; What?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">I\u2019ve got a girl pregnant &#8211; You What?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">I was joking, I didn\u2019t pass the maths exam &#8211; Thank God!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">Manipulate the news to get escape trouble with your parents <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">LIKE A BOSS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Mio-Padre.jpg\" aria-label=\"Mio Padre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2008\"  alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"706\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Mio-Padre.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Mio-Padre.jpg 573w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Mio-Padre-284x350.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">MY FATHER AT 2 IN THE MORNING &#8211; turn that shit off and go to sleep!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/La-mia-scuola.jpg\" aria-label=\"La Mia Scuola\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2013\"  alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/La-mia-scuola.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/La-mia-scuola.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/La-mia-scuola-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/La-mia-scuola-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/La-mia-scuola-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">My school &#8211; What I see &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: large\">What my parents see &#8211; What the teachers see<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"253\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia-253x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia-253x350.jpg 253w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/06\/Doccia.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><p>Personally, I&#8217;ve always found humour a really useful means of helping me to improve my Italian. Our zio (uncle) Luciano who is in his 80\u2019s is an inexhaustible font of battute (jokes), many of which have stuck in my mind and helped me out later on, not only in making an attempt at getting a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/alcune-battute-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":1996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Personally, I&#039;ve always found humour a really useful means of helping me to improve my Italian. 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