A wee dialect corrective: it's "Queens," never "the Queens." Only one New
York borough has an article, and that's "The Bronx," because it was once
(or a part of it) the Bronck's, they owned it, it was their farm. The last
of the line, by the way, was William Bronk, who died last year, and is also
a good prospect for poet worthy of more attention.
At 12:50 AM 7/2/2000 -0700, you wrote:
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>I think the proverb posted by Susanne was slightly wrong, though. The
>version I know (- I've heard the sentence said to me only a month ago from a
>friend living in NY - The Queens) sounds more like a menace: do not try to
>play the fool with a real Neapolitan. Now, let me tell you that the
>allusion here was clearly to the Neapolitan's mafia, (the " Camorra"), a
>more criminal and less honourable clan than the Sicilian Mafia itself.
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>I had lately some gossip carried to me about my friend, which I think it is
>better not to report, since from another quarter a person I know is involved
>in it too.
>Thanks God, I have escaped to involve myself with any Neapolitan
>"camorrista", so far.
>Bev
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>On Sat, 01 Jul 2000 22:32:00 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> This reminds me of Wittgenstein's remark (in _Culture & Value_?) that if
>a lion
>> could speak we wouldn't be able to understand him.
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>> susanne wrote:
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>> > There is a funny proverb which possibly relates to what you just said:
>> > "It is silly to act as a "Neapolitan" when in the company of real
>> > Neapolitans".
>> > Anyhow, I never came across one of them...
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>> > Susanne
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