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Yo Capeesh!: A Guide to Understanding Italian Americans

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A waste of good money. It's been done before and alot better.

I don't know what type of Italian/American family other people grew up in, but I grew up in a loving family with wonderful warm traditions, holidays filled with love, humor and great food, songs sung in Italian, stories of the old country and a door that was always open with the coffee on the stove...I found none of that nostalgia here. What I did find was the stereotypical pictures, sayings and gestures that unfortunately television portrays Italian/Americans to be. If you are looking for a book that not only will translate swears from Italian, but will show you pictures of the gestures as well, or teaches you the correct Italian response to someone farting, this one is for you.

Tho I thought this book would entertaining I found it to be quite the contrary. If I were Italian I would highly insulted!

I have no clue who the idiot is that wrote the review regarding "what can you expect from a radiologist" (Shrug from NJ), but this creature (obviously a non-Italian, poor thing, with no wit about him) has no clue what a radiologist does, and moreover, about this incredible book.
This book has been done straight from the heart, and is hilarious, as well as sentimental. If you are, or know Italians, this book is true to their heritage, and a credit to Italian-Americans. Those who find it too close to home, may be embarrassed (Disappointed from FL), and try to deny their culture - Get a life!!
Don't hesitate to buy this book - it is a pleasure for all to read, especially TRUE Italian-Americans! Bravo to Dr. Caridi!!

The book makes a great argument, albeit unintented, on the ill effects of immigration on second and third generation ethnic Americans (yes, some insist on this "ethnic" fantasy). If your field is Sociology or Anthropology, you may find this book informative with respect to the self-mutilatory social
practices of those Americans who do not feel fully accepted.

This book is funny and nostalgic for me. I was laughing like crazy. If you have a sense of humor and identify with Italian Americans, it's a great book!

I'm tired of PC. Here's a book that combines humor with heritage.
Glad to get a good laugh. So funny I almost stopped eating my spumoni.

Witty, gritty and downright funny. A real look at Italian Americans! Quick comprehensive reference to what makes them tick.

THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK. WELL WORTH THE PRICE. I LAUGHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ORDERED ONE AFTER THEY READ MINE. I BOUGHT ONE FOR MY BEST FRIEND WHO IS ITALIAN.

Anyone who watches The Sopranos and is not Italian-American, needs this book as a reference. Growing up in an Italian-American family in South Jersey and being quite familiar with most sayings, there are quite a few I do not immediately recognize. This book certainly helps. It also is a fun book to have around when the entire family comes over for the traditional Sunday afternoon macaroni dinner. My neices and nephews are able to understand their heritage since the relatives who came through Ellis Island are all deceased. This is the first book I have ever read that gets down to the "real" slang and dialect regular Italians use rather than the formal conversational Italian. Nonna Bettina and Nonno Giuseppe would have been proud of the way this book speaks their language!