Questa e una polpetta piccante!

That's a spicy meatball!

Just a slight diversion from my Roma posts - first, develop an Italian accent to read the lists below . . .

Principali citta italiane (Major Italian cities):

Milano

Parma

Roma

Napoli

Parugia

Sorrento

Verona

Palermo

Genoa

Firenze

Genoa

Vaticano

Stilisti italiani (Fashion designers):

Guccio

Giorgio Armani

Miuccia Prada

Gianni Versace

Valentino Garavani

Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana

Case automobilistiche italiane (Italian car companies):

Lamborghini

Ferrari

Alfa Romeo

Comune cibo italiano e bevande (Common Italian food and drink):

spaghetti

vino

bruschetta

limoncello

fettuccine

pasta

lasagne

prosciutto

minestrone

ciabatta

risotto

cannelloni

linguine

gnocchi

pizza

vermicelli

ricotta

Famoso popolo italiano (Famous Italian people):

di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Donato di Niccolo di Betto Donatello

Luciano Pavarotti

Lorenzo di Medici

Marco Polo

Dante Alighieri

Leonardo da Vinci

Galileo Galilei

Giacomo Puccini

Benito Mussolini

Cristoforo Colombo

Comuni parole italiane (Common Italian words):

Prego

Ciao

Arrivederci

Buongiorno

Every one of them ends in a vowel. I've always known most Italian words end in a vowel, but I never knew it was 100%. Okay, I'm sure there are some exceptions, but if it doesn't end in a vowel, it's likely not spelled in Italian0.

No wonder they talk-a like-a that.