Foriegn Language

[newb]

I took six years of Italian watching The Soprano's.
This should help you.


administration:
The top-level "management" of an organized crime Family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere.


associate:
one who works with mobsters, but hasn't been asked to take the vow of Omerta; an almost confirmed, or made guy.


the books:
a phrase indicating membership in the Family. If there is a possibility for promotion, then the books are open. If not, the books are closed.


boss:
the head of the Family who runs the show. He decides who gets made and who gets whacked. The boss also gets points from all Family business; also see: don, chairman.


borgata:
an organized crime Family.


capo:
the Family member who leads a crew; short for capodecina.

captain:
a capo.

clip:
to murder; also whack, hit, pop, burn, put a contract out.

code of silence:
not ratting on your colleagues once you've been pinched -- no longer a strong virtue in organized crime families. Also see omertá.

confirm:
to be made; see made guy.

consigliere:
the Family advisor, who is always consulted before decisions are made.

crank:
speed; in particular, crystal meth.

crew:
the group of soldiers under the capo's command.

cugine:
a young soldier striving to be made.

don:
the head of the Family; see boss.

eat alone:
to keep for one's self; to be greedy.

family:
an organized crime clan, like the Genoveses, the Gottis, or the Sopranos.

G:
a grand; a thousand dollars; also see large.

garbage business:
euphemism for organized crime.

Golden Age:
The days before RICO.

goomah (sometimes pronounced "goomar"):
a Mafia mistress; also comare.

heavy:
packed, carrying a weapon.

hit:
to murder; also see whack.

juice:
the interest paid to a loanshark for the loan; also see vig.

lam:
To lay low, go into hiding.

large:
a thousand, a grand, a G.

made guy:
an indoctrinated member of the Family.

mock execution:
to whip someone into shape by frightening the shit out of them.

mattresses, going to, taking it to, or hitting the:
going to war with a rival clan or family.

message job:
placing the bullet in someone's body such that a specific message is sent to that person's crew or family; see through the eye, and through the mouth.

the mob:
a single organized crime family; OR all organized crime families together.

mobbed up:
connected to the mob.

mobster:
one who is in the mob.

Omertá:
to take a vow of silence in the Mafia, punishable by death if not upheld.

outfit:
a clan, or family within the Mafia.

points:
percent of income; cut.

spring cleaning:
cleaning up, hiding or getting rid of evidence.

paying tribute:
giving the boss a cut of the deal.

pinched:
to get caught by the cops.

the program:
The Witness Protection Program.

rat:
one who snitches or squeals after having been pinched.

RICO:
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Passed in 1970 to aid the government in clamping down on organized crime activities, its scope has since been broadened to prosecute insider traders and anti-abortion protesters.

shake down:
to blackmail or try to get money from someone; also to give someone a scare.

shy:
the interest charged on loans by loansharks.

shylock business:
the business of loansharking.

soldier:
the bottom-level member of an organized crime Family, as in "foot soldiers."

tax:
to take a percentage of someone's earnings.

This Thing of Ours:
a mob family, or the entire mob.

through the eye:
a message job through the eye to say "We're watching you!"

through the mouth:
a message job through the mouth to indicate that someone WAS a rat.

underboss:
the second in command to the boss.

vig:
the interest paid to a loanshark for the loan. Abbreviation of vigorish; also see juice.

waste management business:
euphemism for organized crime.

whack:
to murder; also clip, hit, pop, burn, put a contract out.

wiseguy:
a made guy.





sorry for the stupid replies........its just my mood:D

[Zero]

au contraire mon frere - francais c'est la lingua franca - literally the language of the world (well before american imperialism) -- much more beautiful and, to be honest, useful in so many ways- it is, afterall the language of love!

[ferretchucker]

it's a shame that we here in England get annoyed when people come here and speak only in their native tongue (Usually they eventually learn to speak English, but many adults ((children are different, they pick it up right away)) take their time), but then we go on holiday and get annoyed that they can't always speak english, or have a very heavy accent.

[XtRaVa]

England and America are very nationalist (too nationalist sometimes) and the majority of the native english speaking citizens, of these two countries in particular, would often never want to learn any language other than english. I totally agree that its a shame and to a certain extent even racist.

I find it utterly disgusting how ignorant and insular countries can be and wish I had the time/money to learn another language. It's not completely our faults though, in schools all over the world they teach other languages from very young ages (particularly english) and are pretty much compulsory for many years (and taught to a very good standard). In england (and I expect America too) its not like this. Language classes are usually optional, or practically non-existant. I wasnt taught french until I was in secondary school and it was the only mandatory foreign language class we had to take (and only lasted around 3 years and was pretty basic).

That doesnt help us at all, by the age we started it, learning languages was already much more difficult than if they started teaching it to us in first school. So to say its all our own faults isnt quite right, its more the faults of the school system/government as by the time we leave school most people work full time and dont pursue learning another language, which is so much more difficult as an adult anyway.

I will try and find the time to someday learn some languages. I would particularly like to learn German, Ducth and Japanese.

[novakru]

It depends on where you live in America.
My kids are have been taking spanish class every week since 1st grade.
The town I live in has Spanish on signs, stores, well...everywhere actually.
And if you don't speak Spanish you can throw a rock and hit someone that does.

[XtRaVa]

Yeah, I wish they started teaching me languages when I was in 1st grade. What age is 1st grade?

In England we were taught basic french when we were the ages around 12-15 and it was pretty useless.

[novakru]

Originally Posted by XtRaVa

What age is 1st grade?

6 or 7 depending on school cut-off dates, or your income:D

[illdojo]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Which one?

Spanish is also my 2nd language. I've learned a lot working in the Restaurant business. I'm not fluent, but I can speak Spanglish very well. :D
If you ask me. I'd say learn Italian. From what I've heard it's similar to Spanish.

[Doc Faustus]

Definitely. It's pretty easy to learn if you know any Spanish.

[Bub the Zombie]

French d be my recommendation.