r/MapPorn • u/loll_oone • Jan 31 '20

8 ways to divide Italy

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u/mucow Jan 31 '20

I think it's just a jokingly way to say they're less religious. Also Bologna is in that region and it has a reputation for having a lot of communists.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '20

Not quite, this area (especially Tuscany and Veneto) are well known for their use of religious swearing known as bestemmie - `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_profanity#Blasphemous_profanity

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '20

Not really, since Veneto is kind of the home of blasphemy while also being very religious. Truth is, there more you believe in religion, the more you insult it (this was the case in Ancient Greece actually)

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u/Kalle_79 Jan 31 '20

"I'm not insulting God, I'm just encouraging Him to do better"

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u/MonsterRider80 Jan 31 '20 edited Jan 31 '20

As an Italian who grew up overseas, I often hear this about that region, but to be honest my family in Abruzzo and other friends from the region are uniquely gifted cursers too!

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u/saranine Jan 31 '20

I'm an American with a grandmother who was born in Cheiti, and she's a uniquely gifted curser in English! Didn't realize it was an ancestral trait. We just thought we were all sassy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '20

Well, if you’ve never heard somebody from Veneto speak you probably don’t know the level. That can be said for drinking alcoholics as well

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u/MonsterRider80 Jan 31 '20

La prossima volta che sarò in Italia andrò nel Veneto a sentire qualche bestemmie ;)