Catch phrases your parents often said....

Was/is there a catch phrase or something that you will never forget any of your parents always saying?

Like "I told you so"

Or

"What did you do now"

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Elessar · 26-30, M

It's not exactly my parents', but here's a few:

- "In absence of clams, you'll eat even the (empty) shells"

- whenever someone declines an invitation: "Good, one less (to feed) and one more chair that remains available" (typical legendary Venetian hospitality)

- "(you have) a brain that not even crabs would eat"

SledgeHammer · 46-50, M

@Elessar lmao....

Where you from...
Those are new to me..

Lol

Elessar · 26-30, M

@SledgeHammer

🙌

Elessar · 26-30, M

@SledgeHammer Also:

[i]Co la barba la tra al bianquín,
asa la zhémena e trate a al vin. [/i]

(When the beards become white,
forget the women and dedicate yourself to wine)

SledgeHammer · 46-50, M

@Elessar I dont know where that is?

Elessar · 26-30, M

@SledgeHammer Venice, IT 🇮🇹

SledgeHammer · 46-50, M

@Elessar that's from a wise man..

I like wine..
My hair is blk but my beard is white

deadgerbil · 22-25

@Elessar what language is that? Google translate is having an episode with deciphering it

Elessar · 26-30, M

@deadgerbil Venetian, I don't think Google even bothers coding a translator for it. On the other hand, we've got our regional Wikipedia (https://vec.wikipedia.org/)

Yes, it's quite different from Italian, so the Italian > English one won't work; Italian speakers who live more than 2h away from here would find it unintelligible too lol

deadgerbil · 22-25

@Elessar did you mean "[i]un[/i]intelligible too"?

It reminds me of this video, "the languages of Italy (not just dialects)"

[media=https://youtu.be/e34M6P1NXYM]

Elessar · 26-30, M

@deadgerbil * Yeah, my bad, fixed

And yeah 😅