# A new 'Cars' thread .OR. Do you know Italian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686 "2006-07-23T06:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/1 "2006-07-23T06:37:07Z")
I finally saw Pixar’s Cars today. I’ll give my professional opinion if someone asks, but my main question is what the Ferrari say in Italian? ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/2 "2006-07-23T06:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I finally saw Pixar’s Cars today. I’ll give my professional opinion if someone asks, but my main question is what the Ferrari say in Italian? [/QUOTE] Could you transcribe it? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/3 "2006-07-23T07:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sevastopol] Could you transcribe it? [/QUOTE] “Blah blah blabla blah bladiddy blah, ble blah blibidy blah blah blah.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/4 "2006-07-23T07:14:31Z")
“We should meet up for coffee so you can boisterously and at great length admire my physique, fashion sense and superior breeding.” Doubtless. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/5 "2006-07-23T07:27:58Z")
That would actually fit. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/6 "2006-07-23T12:20:59Z")
Okay, I don’t speak Italian except for a few hand gestures, so for all I know Michael Schumacher-Ferrari was asking, “Could you give me and my friends directions to Doc Hudson’s office? I’m told he has a machine that can X-ray my butt.” With that _caveat_ in mind, though, I had assumed from the context that he was simply repeating the question he had asked Guido a few seconds earlier, something like: “I’d heard that this was a good place to buy tires for myself and my friends.” When Guido fainted, I thought that Michael tried to ask the same thing to Luigi, except in Italian, which of course prompted the exact same reaction from Luigi. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/7 "2006-07-23T12:31:49Z")
I don’t know much about Italian, but I can attempt to transcribe: _Spero que tu amigo se reprenda medico no que s’ete fantastici_ I’m pretty sure the first line translates to “I hope your friend recovers (himself)”. The second line could be something about a medic (doc?) who’s supposed to be fantastic? I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/8 "2006-07-23T12:55:28Z")
If anyone here knows Italian, I’ve made a .wav recording of it. Mail to mahjqa[a]gmail[.]com and I’ll send it over. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/9 "2006-07-23T14:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] “Blah blah blabla blah bladiddy blah, ble blah blibidy blah blah blah.” 😃 [/QUOTE] \ ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/10 "2006-07-23T14:43:27Z")
[QUOTE=MostlyClueless] _Spero que tu amigo se reprenda medico no que s’ete fantastici_ [/QUOTE] “I hope your friend will recover soon; they tell me you guys are fantastic”. ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/11 "2006-07-23T16:22:53Z")
[QUOTE=MostlyClueless] I don’t know much about Italian, but I can attempt to transcribe: _Spero que tu amigo se reprenda medico no que s’ete fantastici_ I’m pretty sure the first line translates to “I hope your friend recovers (himself)”. The second line could be something about a medic (doc?) who’s supposed to be fantastic? I dunno. [/QUOTE] The first line, if you’ve got it right, should be more like _Spero che il tuo amico si riprende_ (_Spero che_ being pronounce the same as Spanish _Spero que_, but the rest is slightly different). I didn’t see the movie and I’m only OK in Italian. The second line seems to me to not work so well in Italian. Perhaps I’ll just have to watch the movie and figure it out. Oh, wait maybe I can get that .wav. ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/12 "2006-07-23T19:44:36Z")
I’ve listened to the .wav file and he said: “Wow! Spero che il tuo amico si riprenda, mi dicono che siete fantastici.” Which is translated just as **Lars Aruns** said (how did I miss that? I guess I was too busy trying to figure it out myself that I just skimmed over his post). So yes, the Ferrari said “I hope your friend recovers, they tell me you guys are fantastic.” It sounded to me like the actor playing the Ferrari doesn’t speak Italian, though I’m not really good enough to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/13 "2006-07-23T20:50:51Z")
[QUOTE=sjc] It sounded to me like the actor playing the Ferrari doesn’t speak Italian, though I’m not really good enough to tell. [/QUOTE] Yeah. It was actually some german guy. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/14 "2006-07-23T22:14:32Z")
Spoken like an American. The US is the only country in the world where Michael Schumacher can go and get any privacy. He’s only the world’s most famous and well-paid sportsman, the holder of every significant record in Formula 1 while driving for Ferrari. But only the cognoscenti here know anything but the Piston Cup, er, NASCAR. Just got back, loved the flick, DVD for Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/15 "2006-07-24T01:54:12Z")
[QUOTE=Lars Aruns] “I hope your friend will recover soon; they tell me you guys are fantastic”. [/QUOTE] Sweet. Thanks to everyone who helped. (and a half-hearted ‘sorry’ to **Bosda**.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/16 "2006-07-24T04:05:42Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Yeah. It was actually some german guy. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Spoken like an American. [/QUOTE] Whoosh. 243 starts, 88 wins, 7 world championships, and makes Tiger Woods look like a pauper. I know who Michael Schumacher is. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-cars-thread-or-do-you-know-italian/365686/17 "2006-07-24T06:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Spoken like an American. The US is the only country in the world where Michael Schumacher can go and get any privacy. He’s only the world’s most famous and well-paid sportsman, the holder of every significant record in Formula 1 while driving for Ferrari. But only the cognoscenti here know anything but the Piston Cup, er, NASCAR. [/QUOTE] Who did what in his cup?