Yeah, is nothing hidden - is probably mentioned in the BYT launch doc.
I also get bored having to stay "in voice" answering things - and then forgetting to do so - hence, end up chatting "in stereo".
When I was in Palermo - was prob 2 weeks, so a good chance to get to know some of the place - wasn't in a tourist area, we stayed in the university campus. Anyway, one amusing thing was how people had to visibly "click" into Italian-mode as they spoke in dialect most of time.
Every Mediterranean culture seems to have invaded Sicily at some point - even the Normans (not Med) - that it is a wonderful clash of histories. However, I spoke to the professors about living there and... "don't do it!" lmao. They just said was the daily grind where everything is a protection racket - government included. On the flight back to UK, most tourists complained on being ripped off all the time - lol - luckily the university had armed guards on patrol 24/7.
I was gonna say "great place for a holiday", but probably best NOT to look like a tourist! haha
Sicilian culture is incredibly full of tricksterism and Machiavellianism! I didn't grow up there, so the only way to hide my ignorance of the culture was to simply not talk, as physically and genetically, I am clearly Sicilian. But even the way I walked gave me away. I lasted 6 months on the Island, and then had to get the hell out of there, as I could never feel as ease anywhere. The language is no longer written or read, so it's a very secretive culture where not even the locals trust each other. I had my ticket stolen at the train station, as it was slightly poking out of my bag. I had one of those gym type bags with wheels and a leash to pull it. What a typical American idiot! 🤣 The thief stole it while I was walking, with dozens of people watching. I only noticed when I stopped, turned around, and was trying to figure out why everyone was looking at me. 🙈
How very Thai too! Foreigners feel they are the targets - and yes, maybe they have larger wallets, big maybe - but they pull this shit on each other! Hence they've all (most) learnt to be wary.
Not written!?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_language
haha, the gov tries to teach it in schools but without textbooks, as you say, no accepted orthography!
How I loath Wikipedia! 🤬 Did they actually say that the government teaches it in schools without textbooks? If so, that's completely inaccurate! Take it from we insiders, speaking Sicilian is highly discouraged in Sicily's schools, AND at home for the younger generations. It has been targeted for extinction, much like the British did with the Irish language.
Yeah, Wankipedia should be demoted - it just appears every time on Goeggel.
Apparently some committee to promote the language - sounds like the usual agency way to do the opposite.
Was some 20 years ago I was there, and everybody spoke in Sicilian.
From what I learned from a Google whistleblower, who's name escapes me at the moment, Google runs an AI algorithm known as Machine Learning Fairness which uses Wikipedia as it's source for determining what it true or false. Machine Learning Fairness or Machine Learning To-Be-Stupid? 🤔
The language is still very much alive, but it is strongly treated as an inferior language, and even if there are preservation societies who will archive Sicilian literature, the language among the youth, who are constantly online writing and reading in Italian, is being used less and less, and adults scold their kids when they express themselves in Sicilian. That was what I saw in my last visit, about 11 years ago.
@famigliacurione Ma tino non sapevo questo aneddoto triste che ti era successo in Sicilia 😱
non me ne hai mai parlato che ingenuo ma tutte a te capitano.. 🤣🤣🙈🤦♀️ scusa la mia risata ma tu la racconti in modo molto comico 🤣 l'ho sempre detto che sei il mio gigante ingenuo 🙈🙈