Italians are funny

Ok, some people might get mad at me for posting this in the light. But I think this video captures the passion and I guess....audibility? Of Italians quite nicely. Here's your brief: the video is of a mudslide in the southern Italian town of Maierato. Just listen:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/4PG2Ga/sorisomail.com/email/42722/ja-viram-desmoronar-uma-montanha.html

Now, I'm not fluent in Italian, proficient maybe. But here is what I could make out.

Incredibile! - Obviously, that means incredible.

Dramatico! - Another cognate, dramatic.

Fuori! Fuori! - That one means "out"

qua qua qua qua!!! - qua means "here"

A lot of it is southern Italian dialect that I cannot understand. But the narrator. Such gusto! This is why I love Italians. They have to SCREAM everything they say. And in dramatic situations like this one? They are right at home.

I am half Italian. Sono mezzo Italiano. I have relatives that live in the northern city of Piacenza, right between Milan and Genoa. I remember me and my family went to visit them one year. We were all having dinner and all of a sudden my relatives broke out in song. They all just started screaming it. I had no choice but to join in. With copious amounts of grappa flowing through my veins, I just started screaming unintelligible Italian. But it felt right.

I believe there is a good chance I may be going back to Italy for at least 6 months after I graduate. The plan is, I would work on their farm there and maybe get some material to write about. All the while, I'm going to scream Dramatico! and Incredibile!!