How do you spell that word in Italian...

[Raider Dave]

They always say it when they raise their glasses in a toast.

It means "100 years" and it sounds like "CHEN DON"... though
obviously that's not the spelling. Can't find it in my Italian
dictionary.

[DianeE]

Post by Raider Dave
They always say it when they raise their glasses in a toast.
It means "100 years" and it sounds like "CHEN DON"... though
obviously that's not the spelling. Can't find it in my Italian
dictionary.

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cinzano = 100 years

DianeE

[Raider Dave]

Thanks Di.

[Sparky Spartacus]

Post by DianeE

Post by Raider Dave
They always say it when they raise their glasses in a toast.
It means "100 years" and it sounds like "CHEN DON"... though
obviously that's not the spelling. Can't find it in my Italian
dictionary.

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cinzano = 100 years

<snort> Good one!

For the record: "cent anni" = 100 years (explained in GF II).

[It's da jackeeettttttt]

"Cent ans" Of course that would be true if only Daniel Webster was
alive to print it.

[Raider Dave]

Okay, NEITHER Diane's nor da jacketttttttt's spellings
are found in my Italian-English dictionary. WTF???

[phlood]

try cent'anni...means one hundred years

[Raider Dave]

Here are the closest ones, each meaning a hundred, or a centennial.

- Centenario
- Centesimo
- Centinaio
- Cento

[It's da jackeeettttttt]

Hey Marconi... "Cent Ans" is 2 fawkin words.

[phlood]

Post by Raider Dave
Here are the closest ones, each meaning a hundred, or a centennial.
- Centenario - 100th anniversary
- Centesimo - cent, copper, penny
- Centinaio - un centinaio is about one hundred
- Cento - hundred

answering your own posts? it's cent'anni

[a***@earthlink.net]

Post by Raider Dave
Here are the closest ones, each meaning a hundred, or a centennial.
- Centenario
- Centesimo
- Centinaio
- Cento

It's two words - "centi anni" - contracted together. Southern Italians
commonly leave the vowels off the ends of words.

[phlood]

Post by a***@earthlink.net
It's two words - "centi anni" - contracted together. Southern Italians
commonly leave the vowels off the ends of words.

try this one...stronzo

[S.P.Q.R.]

Post by phlood

Post by a***@earthlink.net
It's two words - "centi anni" - contracted together. Southern Italians
commonly leave the vowels off the ends of words.

try this one...stronzo

That offends you but it is true of many Southern Italian dialects. The
word "stronzo" would probably sound like "stronz" or "strOOnz" if said in
the dialect. I think the first dude's point was not elucidated properly and
could be taken as offensive.

Dave D.

[Stu Gotz]

Post by Raider Dave
Okay, NEITHER Diane's nor da jacketttttttt's spellings
are found in my Italian-English dictionary. WTF???

Try "cent'anni", ya fuckin' cake eaters.

[deDaveD*]

Post by Raider Dave
They always say it when they raise their glasses in a toast.
It means "100 years" and it sounds like "CHEN DON"... though
obviously that's not the spelling. Can't find it in my Italian
dictionary.

Cent anni, 2 words.

[phlood]

Post by deDaveD*
Cent anni, 2 words.

do you read the thread before posting to it?

[deDaveD*]

Post by phlood

Post by deDaveD*
Cent anni, 2 words.

do you read the thread before posting to it?

What thread?

[Big Al Tomatoes]

Post by Raider Dave
They always say it when they raise their glasses in a toast.
It means "100 years" and it sounds like "CHEN DON"... though
obviously that's not the spelling. Can't find it in my Italian
dictionary.

I believe it's pronounced gen-DAHM, not sure how it's spelled. They
explain it briefly in the beginning of GFII when Connie introduces her
leech boyfriend Merle.

[Big Al Tomatoes]

Post by Big Al Tomatoes

Post by Raider Dave
They always say it when they raise their glasses in a toast.
It means "100 years" and it sounds like "CHEN DON"... though
obviously that's not the spelling. Can't find it in my Italian
dictionary.

I believe it's pronounced gen-DAHM, not sure how it's spelled. They
explain it briefly in the beginning of GFII when Connie introduces her
leech boyfriend Merle.

OK, I'm pretty much full of shit, as usual. Well, here's a copy of part
of the script from GFII, that's available here:

http://www.jgeoff.com/godfather/gf2/transcript/gf2transcript.html

...and the quote...

MAMA Corleone

Avive



MICHAEL

Cent' anni



Everyone

Cent' anni



DEANNA

What's "Chen dandy"?



FREDO

Cent' anni -- It means a hundred years.



CONNIE

It means we should all live happily for a hundred years -- the family.
That'd be true if my father were still alive.