Western Sicily
Mar 29th 2009, 9:24 am
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Western Sicily
Does anybody practice yoga?
I have been here about 4 months. When I ask around about yoga people look at me like I am asking for illicit drugs.
I have been here about 4 months. When I ask around about yoga people look at me like I am asking for illicit drugs.
Mar 29th 2009, 9:47 am
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Mar 30th 2009, 6:53 am
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Re: Western Sicily
Thank you!
I didn't want to offend you, it's just if I say an English word to a Sicilian and say it with an English accent they never understand so now I say it with a Sicilian accent and they get it, eg; week end I say weeeek ennnnnnnnnnd.
I was laughing in my previous post because I have the same problem but if you use this method it works!
Sorry if I offended you I didn't mean to.
I didn't want to offend you, it's just if I say an English word to a Sicilian and say it with an English accent they never understand so now I say it with a Sicilian accent and they get it, eg; week end I say weeeek ennnnnnnnnnd.
I was laughing in my previous post because I have the same problem but if you use this method it works!
Sorry if I offended you I didn't mean to.
Mar 30th 2009, 1:31 pm
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Re: Western Sicily
Thank you!
I didn't want to offend you, it's just if I say an English word to a Sicilian and say it with an English accent they never understand so now I say it with a Sicilian accent and they get it, eg; week end I say weeeek ennnnnnnnnnd.
I was laughing in my previous post because I have the same problem but if you use this method it works!
Sorry if I offended you I didn't mean to.
I didn't want to offend you, it's just if I say an English word to a Sicilian and say it with an English accent they never understand so now I say it with a Sicilian accent and they get it, eg; week end I say weeeek ennnnnnnnnnd.
I was laughing in my previous post because I have the same problem but if you use this method it works!
Sorry if I offended you I didn't mean to.
Thanks very much for your advice. Really!
Mar 30th 2009, 2:55 pm
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Re: Western Sicily
No offense at all. I was just trying to send some Sicilian back at you. For all the many frustrations of the last 4 months, I'm still quite in love with the place and the people. Will try out your liguistic technique in general. But I'm afraid they do know what I'm talking about when I say "yoga" and they give me that frightened look like I want to burn incense and sell flowers at airports and take the pork out of sausage . . . .
Thanks very much for your advice. Really!
Thanks very much for your advice. Really!
Mar 30th 2009, 3:15 pm
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Re: Western Sicily
No offense at all. I was just trying to send some Sicilian back at you. For all the many frustrations of the last 4 months, I'm still quite in love with the place and the people. Will try out your liguistic technique in general. But I'm afraid they do know what I'm talking about when I say "yoga" and they give me that frightened look like I want to burn incense and sell flowers at airports and take the pork out of sausage . . . .
Thanks very much for your advice. Really!
Thanks very much for your advice. Really!
I never went back.
Mar 30th 2009, 5:27 pm
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Re: Western Sicily
When I first moved out there I joined a gym and took part in an exercise class. It was like stepping back in time, a scene from Flashdance, right down to the leggings and leotard (actually thinking about it maybe they were ahead of their time and its where Madonna got her inspiration for her video from). I had done Yoga in UK and halfway through the class the instructor stopped and said to me in front of the whole class "si vedi che hai fatto Yoga !" like it was some strange and dreadful crime I never went back.
I never went back.
They might think I'm looking for a job in one of the lapdance bars in the city - that would seriously give the tongue waggers something new and exciting to wag about
