http://iamnotmakingthisup.net/1939/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/ My personal account of living real life in real Venice, and more Wed, 16 May 2012 18:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://iamnotmakingthisup.net/1939/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Erla Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:25:22 +0000 http://66.147.244.215/~iamnotma/?p=1939#comment-229 I've sometimes corrected people when they refer to "Castello" meaning San Pietro, Campo Ruga, and a few other spots in the back of beyond here; the sestiere of Castello covers a really wide range of neighborhoods and types of people, and you make it clear that the Castellani of Ruga Giuffa would have wanted to distinguish themselves IMMEDIATELY from their neighbors in "lower Casteo." I'm not sure that the "lower" castellani make any reference, disparaging or otherwise, to the people in your old neighborhood. Does anybody ever mention "upper Casteo"? Or do the folks down here not even know that there is more to Venice than via Garibaldi? I’ve sometimes corrected people when they refer to “Castello” meaning San Pietro, Campo Ruga, and a few other spots in the back of beyond here; the sestiere of Castello covers a really wide range of neighborhoods and types of people, and you make it clear that the Castellani of Ruga Giuffa would have wanted to distinguish themselves IMMEDIATELY from their neighbors in “lower Casteo.” I’m not sure that the “lower” castellani make any reference, disparaging or otherwise, to the people in your old neighborhood. Does anybody ever mention “upper Casteo”? Or do the folks down here not even know that there is more to Venice than via Garibaldi?

]]> http://iamnotmakingthisup.net/1939/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Eva Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:18:23 +0000 http://66.147.244.215/~iamnotma/?p=1939#comment-228 I'm from Castello, too (Ruga Giuffa). So our version of the sentence was "Stop shouting, etc. Are you from Casteo-basso?". Venetians love to make always the point ;-)! I’m from Castello, too (Ruga Giuffa). So our version of the sentence was “Stop shouting, etc. Are you from Casteo-basso?”. Venetians love to make always the point !

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