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    Default What does Neopolitan sound like to you?

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    sounds a bit like argentine spanish with regards to intonation

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    not like greek.

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    Quite similar to standard Italian (Tuscan), at least enough for me to confuse these two. I perceive slight Spanish like deviation though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy View Post
    Quite similar to standard Italian (Tuscan), at least enough for me to confuse these two. I perceive slight Spanish like deviation though.
    In fact the two actors are speaking in Italian with Neapolitan accent, not in Neapolitan. Some words, here and there, are Neapolitan rather than Italian, but not the majority.

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    Lazy Italian
    "This is not my time; this is not my world; these are not my people." - Martin H. Francis

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    Epic fail on my part. Excuse my low iq.

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