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Thread #79228   Message #3988624
Posted By: GUEST,Joe
22-Apr-19 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: What Did Washington Say ....
Subject: RE: What Did Washington Say ....
I always heard it as "Mi faccio freddo, no tengo mutande," (but in the Calabrese (Calabrian) or Siciliano (Sicilian) dialect), meaning "I'm cold, I'm not wearing—or, "I don't have"—my (long) underwear. (I believe Lou Monte was Calabrese, as my family is.)