Customer Reviews

Wicked Italian for the Traveler (Wicked Series) (English and Italian Edition)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This tiny little phrasebook is a funny read, but its practical applications are, um, limited, unless you really want to say things like "I'd like some pasta of the slut." For folks who've been to Italy, I'd imagine it's even more amusing than it is for us who haven't been over the pond.

There are a few useful items within, such as the names of important medicines and whatnot, but overall, this is just a book for fun. If you're really looking to pick up A Real Phrasebook, be sure to grab something else besides this one, and perhaps keep this one in your pocket (it's *really* tiny!) for when you feel like freaking out your cab driver or some such.

The book provides an entertaining snapshot of Italian culture and is worth the five bucks. But, if you are looking for some good slang, Wicked Italian only scratches the surface. Some translations don't quite match up, and some expressions aren't correct.

This laugh-out-loud booklet opens wide a window on modern Italian culture. Step on in and take a gander. Never mind that you will never remember the right phrase at the right time during your visit to Italy; at least you will be traveling with the right attitude.

Harold Tomb writes with Dave Barry-esque wit. If you have a sense of humor and even a passing interest in Italy, then "Wicked Italian" is for you.

Well worth the money! I was able to convince a native Italian to go out with me by using a couple of the humorous and somewhat suggestive phrases offered in this book. I was later informed by this same person that there are some grammatical errors and a few phrases make no sense at all.

This is a very funny book and well worth $5 (though I see Amazon has it for three something). If the language isn't perfect (I don't know - I'm learning myself), you will enjoy laughing all the same! The only reason that this book got 4 stars and not 5 is because it is so small it's hardly a book at all. For 5 bucks who cares!

This book is tons of fun, although I'm not sure I would have the guts to use any of these phrases when cornered by a Carabineri! Well worth a few bucks, and one of my favorite stocking stuffers for my traveling buddies.

to this wicked series. not because it has anything to do with learning a language, but because the two i've read so far are just good,sleazy, low-class fun.
in fact, my experience of italy as a foreigner who speaks the language is of a country of relatively good manners and i find it hard to imagine any of the italians i know ever saying 'shove off, garlic breath'.
no matter, this is a funny little book and a great casual gift. i also laughed hysterically at Wicked Irish


lynn hoffman, author ofThe New Short Course in Wine

If you're looking for really wicked Italian, ask your uncle Vito. (And if you don't have one, try your local pizzeria). Pretty mild stuff. In a word it was, well -- trapanazione.

This book leans to the useless end of the language guide spectrum, however it provides an accurate and hilarious comment on Italian culture. If you are even the slightest bit familiar with Italy, this book will make your gut ache from laughter. Would be a good buy at twice the price.

I bought this book for a kid who was going to Italy. It was more to relieve the fear of traveling then to be actually used in Italy. We read these phrases out loud around the dinner table and were amused. But really for $5 what did you expect? I bought a real phase book to go along with it.

Great as a gag gift.