Nebaletan Word of the Day — Peech n Broll (or Maybe Beech n Bloak)

If you grew up in an Neapolitan-American household, you quickly learned that not every insult was actually an insult.  Sometimes it was criticism, affection, comedy, and neighborhood anthropology all wrapped into one sentence. My mother, Grandma Joanne, had one of those expressions:  “Peech n Broll”…or maybe…“Beech n Bloak” That’s the problem with Nebaletan words — nobody ever … Continue reading Nebaletan Word of the Day — Peech n Broll (or Maybe Beech n Bloak)

Nebaletan Word of the Day — Cootz/Kootz

Nebaletan Word of the Day — Cootz /Kootz Every Italian-American family had its own language.  Not “proper” Italian, not even proper Neapolitan sometimes — just words that somehow survived immigration, Sunday dinners, and decades of people yelling across kitchens. In our family, one of those words was COOTZ (or CUTZ).  It referred to the end piece of a loaf of … Continue reading Nebaletan Word of the Day — Cootz/Kootz