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Great news someone is investing in this recession-stricken country of ours.

It would be worth noting that "capiche", "capisce" and variations of it are not an Italian expression. Also, I'm guessing "ora che cosa?" is a direct translation of "what now?" and would be better put as "E adesso?".

> not an Italian expression

It is. It's just a misspelling of "capisci" - second-person singular form of the verb "capire"[1] (to understand).

[1]: http://www.italian-verbs.com/verbi-italiani/coniugazione.php...

Mispellings doesn't count as valid expressions.

"capiche" or "capisce" when you meant "capito?", "hai capito?" or "capisci?" are obviously wrong to anyone you talk to (in Italy).

That's not italian, that's mafian-american. Unfortunately, that's the epitome of a blog post that's cringeworthy for anyone who's vaguely familiar with italian culture, let alone Italians themselves. How much time would have taken to reach out for a real Italian to write and/or check this post before publishing?

How many time do you actually say "capisci" to someone though? Personally close to 0, definitely less than you hear "capish" or any other crap around...

"Gheto capio?" is what I hear most around here:-)

Looks like they removed the "capiche" from the page and corrected the other thing to "e adesso?".

Can't wait for the announcement about the Harlem data center written in african american vernacular and the one about the Shanghai data center, with the hilarious misspellings swapping Ls and Rs.

Really, they lack of soft skills... How can making fun of language (in an ignorant way) be a good marketing strategy?

"the Colosseum, the fountains of Florence, the canals of Venice, the Alps, Lambos, pizza, pasta, the good life in Tuscany, Michelangelo, da Vinci, the leaning tower of Pisa, opera, fashion and, of course, colorful gestures"

It's always irritating to be reminded of how the rest of the world sees my country: as a series of (mostly correct) stereotypes.

It's not how the rest of the world sees your country, it's for what the rest of the world loves your country :)

Yep. But I hate when lists like that one appear on anything tangentially related to Italy -- although I guess it can be said about any country. At least this one doesn't include the mafia...

While the post contains a few stereotypes, there is only to be happy about more IT infrastructures in Italy, please stop crying for the typos.

"Capiche?"

Stop with that crap.

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