Discussion (11) ¬

1. 
   figglywig

   July 22, 2011 at 10:55 am | #

   OH MY GAWD!! My grandmother did the same thing to her kids during the depression with the family pet rabbit….
2. 
   Rina Piccolo

   July 22, 2011 at 12:16 pm | #

   It happened to my aunts and older cousins in the 60s. And then in my own generation, too: my cousins had a rabbit, and one day it ended up on my aunt’s table. We didn’t eat meat that day.
3. 
   ritz

   July 22, 2011 at 4:29 pm | #

   Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!
4. 
   Isabella

   July 25, 2011 at 11:02 am | #

   My mom calls me “testarda” – a slang version of testa dura (hard head).
5. 
   Rina

   July 25, 2011 at 6:09 pm | #

   That’s because you are a testarda — ha ha ha! Yes, I know that one — I got called testarda a few times myself! Did she ever call you “shema”? (that’s my second name).
6. 
   Isabella

   July 26, 2011 at 10:20 pm | #

   E come no! Shema, cattiva, disgraziatta, mazcalzone – tutte le pui belle parole!
7. 
   Rina

   July 27, 2011 at 9:45 am | #

   Isabella, I think I’ve told you this one already. My grandmother once called me a “pianeta” (a planet!!??)
8. 
   figglywig

   July 27, 2011 at 11:39 am | #

   I was called a ‘dupa yash’. My father’s family was Polish. I don’t remember any of the Hungarian insults. What was interesting about the rabbit incident with my maternal grandmother, was that the kids KNEW it was the rabbit, and wouldn’t touch it. Grandma ate the whole thing by herself.
9. 
   Rina

   July 27, 2011 at 6:58 pm | #

   Figglywig — that’s how the rabbit meal was for us, too — only the adults ate!
10. 
    figglywig

    July 28, 2011 at 11:58 am | #

    Ah, I remember the Hungarian namecalling, now – segglyuk – prounounced ‘shaegghyook’. It means ‘a**-hole’. Dupa yash is ‘stupid ass’. Nice.
11. 
    Rina

    July 29, 2011 at 9:31 am | #

    What lovely names we’ve been called!