Yo Capeesh!!!!: A guide to understanding Italian Americans

by James G. Caridi and James G. Caridi

Book Overview

Yo Capeesh!!!! is a humorous, nostalgic, educational and sentimental guide to Italian Americana. It was written in a way that would appeal to many of the 25 million Italian Americans and those... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595221688
• ISBN13: 9780595221684
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This book is underrated !

I have no clue who the idiot is that wrote the review regarding "what can you expect from a radiologist" (Shrug from NJ), but this creature (obviously a non-Italian, poor thing, with no wit about him) has no clue what a radiologist does, and moreover, about this incredible book. This book has been done straight from the heart, and is hilarious, as well as sentimental. If you are, or know Italians, this book is true to their heritage, and a credit to Italian-Americans. Those who find it too close to home, may be embarrassed (Disappointed from FL), and try to deny their culture - Get a life!! Don't hesitate to buy this book - it is a pleasure for all to read, especially TRUE Italian-Americans! Bravo to Dr. Caridi!!

Unbelievable

I'm tired of PC. Here's a book that combines humor with heritage.Glad to get a good laugh. So funny I almost stopped eating my spumoni.

Funny

This book is funny and nostalgic for me. I was laughing like crazy. If you have a sense of humor and identify with Italian Americans, it's a great book!

Yo Capeesh a/k/a Understanding "The Sopranos"

Anyone who watches The Sopranos and is not Italian-American, needs this book as a reference. Growing up in an Italian-American family in South Jersey and being quite familiar with most sayings, there are quite a few I do not immediately recognize. This book certainly helps. It also is a fun book to have around when the entire family comes over for the traditional Sunday afternoon macaroni dinner. My neices and nephews are able to understand their heritage since the relatives who came through Ellis Island are all deceased. This is the first book I have ever read that gets down to the "real" slang and dialect regular Italians use rather than the formal conversational Italian. Nonna Bettina and Nonno Giuseppe would have been proud of the way this book speaks their language!

Va bene

Funny? Forgedaboudit! If you're an Italian-American (like me), definitely get this. You'll see a lot of yourself, your family & friends in these pages. If you're NOT Italian-American, buy it anyway... OR ELSE! No seriously, great stuff... especially the chapter entitled "How The Boys Say It".For another funny book about an Italian-American, read "No One's Even Bleeding".