Ravanei, remulass, barbabietul e spinass

[chicagogirl]

Silvia, come se dice in inglese la tua frase (ravanei, remulass, barbabietul e spinass...)?

 

[Silvia]

It's not Italian, it's dialect

 

[chicagogirl]

Oh. It doesn't translate well?

 

[Silvia]

It's taken from a song, it's a quite funny refrain of a folk song in the dialect of Milan, if you are really interested I will explain in detail!

 

[chicagogirl]

Yes. please do. If you have time. A whole bunch of stuff and 3 euros for the whole lot? Or am I totally wrong?

 

[Silvia]

Ok. The original chorus is: ravanei, remulass, barbabietul e spinass tre palanche al mass.
ravanei = ravanelli (radish)
ramulass = ramolaccio (never used, wild radish)
barbabietul = barbabietole (beets)
spinass = spinaci (spinach)
tre palanche al mass = three coppers a bunch (copper was an old coin)

I turned it into 3 € (our European currency) a bunch, which is crazy, but it's life nowdays, and consider 1,00 € is around 1 $ and 30 cents!