During a few episodes, Raymond and Robert speak Italian. Now, they are 2nd generation Italians from NY. How probable is it that they would speak the language as well as they do? For some reason, I don't see their parents, as they are portrayed in the series, having spoke it around the house when the kids were growing up. You New Yorkers may want to chime in here. I figure that, just as I am, there are several of you who are 2nd generation Italians.
That's true, Oli. But the Italian spoken on the show was pure high school Italian, or the Italian learned from travel guides. I paid close attention to the episode filmed in Italy and it was cringeworthy at times, especially when they sang "Che la luna " on the airplane. And the Italian spoken in that episode wasn't even close to the dialect that I grew up hearing in the Bronx. And as funny as they were, Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle were horribly miscast as first or second generation Italian Americans. But I still love the show.
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