# Say the phrase Ciao Luigi out loud **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 12, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358 "2011-01-12T17:15:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/21 "2011-01-13T21:07:27Z")
Say the phrase “I don’t get it” out loud. Now say it a second time out loud. Did it help you understand WTH the OP intended the first time? How about the second time? Me neither. : ) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/22 "2011-01-13T21:11:00Z")
Ciao, Mario! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/23 "2011-01-13T21:17:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ciao, Mario! 😉 Pronounced “Chow, _Mary_-o” , correct? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/24 "2011-01-13T21:18:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ciao, Mario! 😉 Itsa trap! ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/25 "2011-01-13T22:37:22Z")
Itsa Spicy Meata Balla ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/26 "2011-01-14T18:39:05Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Say the phrase “ **Ciao Luigi** ” out loud. Now say it a second time out loud. > > Did you say the phrase with the stereotypical Italian accent the first time? How about the second time? I did, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/27 "2011-01-14T18:41:59Z")
It’sa me, Mario! ---
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/28 "2011-01-15T03:09:53Z")
Robbbbbbertooooooeeee. 🙂 Thank you, it’s been a very long day. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/29 "2011-01-15T04:49:55Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > HahahHAA! But why were you so revved up, Rig? You were all, “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DRIVIN’ AT, PAL?!” He was? The reactions to his posts seem more in line with that characterization than his own. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/30 "2011-01-15T18:26:01Z")
I didn’t realize it was supposed to be Italian. Both ciao and Luigi have entered English. I also have a hard time doing the horrible Italian with those words. I come out sounding like that Kids in the Hall sketch with the guy who always sounds sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/31 "2011-01-15T22:07:57Z")
> [@Monkey\_Chews](#): > > No, and no. > > But I love the rubber toe joke. That’s gonna get a workout. Knock, knock. “Who’s there?” I eat mop. 😕 “I eat mop who?” \* _You eat your poo?_ Bwhahahhaha! \*“Ah eat mah poo.” ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/32 "2011-01-16T00:12:30Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > He was? Yeah, he was. [QUOTE=Rig] No idea what the hell you’re driving at. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Zing] “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DRIVIN’ AT, PAL?!” [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure the only thing I added were caps. Did that exagerate the decibal of his post? Probably. But, hell, he was already cussin’ and all. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/33 "2011-01-16T00:23:01Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > To answer the OP’s question, I did not use a stereotypical Italian accent either the first or the second time I said the phrase. Because I speak some Italian, I used a standard Italian accent. There are a few phrases that might cause me to think of the stereotypical accent: “Mamma mia,” “Pizza pie,” etc. When I was very young my father had me repeat a phrase and told me it was Italian. Then once my parents were having a party, and in front of couple of guests my dad said, “Hey, son, show them how you can speak Italian!” So I said, “Whatsa matta you? Don’choo like-a da pizza pie?” I was mortified once I was old enough to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/34 "2011-01-16T00:27:48Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Pronounced “Chow, _Mary_-o” , correct? Mary-o? Back to Canada, foul beast. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/35 "2011-01-16T01:03:16Z")
No and no. I’m not sure why this question seems to be confusing some people, looks pretty straightforward to me. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/36 "2011-01-16T03:01:56Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > So there’s no joke then… yeah, it just doesn’t make sense if you actually speak Italian. It sounds how it sounds. I believe, however, that the rules of pronunciation of different languages are what yield a ‘stereotypical accent’ in any language, which then, of course, will be subject to regionalisms. That may to what the poster was making reference. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/37 "2011-01-16T04:25:59Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Knock, knock. > “Who’s there?” > I eat mop. > 😕 “I eat mop who?” \* > > _You eat your poo?_ Bwhahahhaha! > > \*“Ah eat mah poo.” Now I am dying for my daughter to get home. This one is going to be an instant classic! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/38 "2011-01-16T04:39:39Z")
I still don’t get it…at all. Can someone please explain. I was married into an Italian family and just know the words in the OP as Italian. It must be creating some kind of block because I can’t see anything else. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/39 "2011-01-18T15:53:22Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Mary-o? Back to Canada, foul beast. I was being mockulatory. To me, "\*Mary \*-o would be the American pronunciation, as opposed to “Mario” as said to rhyme with “barrio”. Well actually, this isn’t a great example since Mario is a very common name here, but I was just making a bad joke. I really really don’t want to beat a dead horse here, but I’m just not grasping how some people are claiming not to have any knowledge of the stereotypical Italian accent (or any stereotypical accents, for that matter). So, are you saying that you don’t know what a cowboy \*supposedly \*sounds like? A Chinese person? Really? You’re not familiar with any of the popular (albeit exagerrated) characterizations of different nationalities’ languages and accents? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358/40 "2011-01-18T16:52:31Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I really really don’t want to beat a dead horse here, but I’m just not grasping how some people are claiming not to have any knowledge of the stereotypical Italian accent (or any stereotypical accents, for that matter). So, are you saying that you don’t know what a cowboy \*supposedly \*sounds like? A Chinese person? Really? You’re not familiar with any of the popular (albeit exagerrated) characterizations of different nationalities’ languages and accents? I know those but I don’t understand why it applies in the example (joke?) in the OP. They are just a common Italian word and an Italian name. I don’t understand what the stereotypical part has to do with it. Lots of Italians really do talk in an exaggerated way but that isn’t a joke, it is reality. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-phrase-ciao-luigi-out-loud/567358.md?page=3)