spaghettidba (10/23/2014)

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Jack Corbett (10/23/2014)

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spaghettidba (10/22/2014)

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Stefan Krzywicki (10/22/2014)

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Of course, regionalisms mean it could be called most anything.

For example: In most of the USA, a blended milk and ice cream drink is called a Milk Shake

In Massachusetts and much of New England, it is called a Frappe

In Rhode Island it is called a Cabinet

... and I thought that Italy was a complicated country! :hehe:

Well, according the land area shown on this page you could fit Italy in the US 31 times, so that gives you an idea of why different regions in the US have different terms and cultures in some cases. Talk about being complicated.

Well, it's not just a matter of size.

Italy has more languages and dialects than you would expect.

Wikipedia has a page on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Italy

Italy hasn't even been a country until the end of the 19th century. Until that time it was a moltitude of states, each with its language and traditions.

And I thought we had a language problem in Belgium.