Most of your Nonno's life revolves around the vegetable garden.
Your Nonna says "guai gaui gaui madonna mia!" everytime she sees something that disturbs her.
When you were in highschool Italian class you were always accidently using terms such as... "Shedda", "Yarda", "Hensa", "Issascrima" and "Shoppu".
Also in that class, it took you about 5 years to undstand that the letter "F" is not pronounced as a "H".........ie you realised you say caffe' not cahhe'.
Your Nonna watches "days of our lives" everday at noon while your Nonno is in the dining room eating, yelling at her to get the "hormaggiu".
There is nothing in your garden that dosen't produce something edible.
By the end of summer you are usually really sick of "peperonata".
Your Nonno relaxes on the back verandah every afternoon with a knife and a box of fruit.
The main varieties of trees in your backyard are "Hichi" "Castanga" "Limoni" "Cachi" and theres always that "pegolata di uva".
Your Nonni haven't parked their car in the garage for years.
Your Nonno can't stand northern Italians as much as he cant stand "i australiani kancharooni"
Your mum disliked "Looking for alibrandi" because the weren't putting enough vasalicu in the cunserva bottles.
Your dad warns you about Australian girls everyday.
Your Nonno says "manaia" about 20 times a day.
Your family have killed a pig every winter since you can remember, and take pride in " a pansetta, u sudzu, li cucharacci" and even the pigs ears.
Your aunties and uncles names are abreviated into one word all the time, eg.. Zia Angela is "Zangela" and Zio Giovanni is "Zuguanni".
Your nonna dosen't know that cream sauce for pasta exists.
Your Nonno comments to most stuff with "un mi paice cisti cosi australiani".
Skips that enter your Nonna's garage think your Nonni drink alot of room teperature beer until they realise its " a cunserva"
The only thing you have ever had fort desert at home is watermelon and grapes.
Your Salamis are dark red.
All the drinking glasses in your house smell of red wine and there is always a pack of "scupa" cards on the table.
There is a Calabria map on the wall in your house's entry.
Your nonna can't sleep at night if she knows you are out somewhere.
Your Nonna has been taking "depression tablets" ever since your uncle married a skip.
Your Nonno has slaughterd all the pet goats, pigs and lambs you have ever had.
You and your siblings have always called eachother "scemi".
Your nonna gets up at 6am to Zappa the garden before the heat.
Your nonna wants your mum to keep guard of your teenage sister 24/7.
Your deep freezer is full of frozern "surachi", "molungani cunsati", "spica" and "pippi chini" in freezer bags.
Your nonna always buys " u limunata"
These terms are common around the home.....sciancatu, u yurnali, i wadyoni, a vucca, na himmina, horsi.., scemu, nurnate, curnutu, molengani, cunserva, sali, odyu, a huntana, i cuaccarelli, hetusa etc etc.
