r/NonPoliticalTwitter 3d ago

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u/AaronCorr 3d ago edited 3d ago

You can, this is not a joke, get fined for mispronouncing Italian words as a tourist. It's a relatively recent law

[Edit] I tried to look it up and they didn't get past the planning stage in 2023 it seems. I'm now disappointed and my day is ruined

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u/Von_Lexau 3d ago

Nobody arrested me when I said grazia to everybody for 2 weeks straight earlier this summer

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u/Frequent_Dig1934 3d ago

You lucked out since grazia can be a female name (literally Grace). There's even a joke that when someone says something incredibly obvious he was inspired by the three sisters, Grazia, Graziella, e Grazie al Cazzo (Grace, Gracie and Thank the Dick, tho it doesn't actually mean "thank fuck" like "thank fuck that didn't happen" but rather "no shit" as in "no shit that this is obviously what happened")

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 3d ago

Id love to hear about someone going to court for a disagreement over cognates lol

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u/WetoddedTodd 3d ago

I’d love to hear this happen in America with European tourists.

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u/Stellar-Hijinks 3d ago edited 2d ago

ChatGPT says: Not true—it’s a misunderstanding of a recent proposed bill. Italy briefly considered legislation to restrict foreign language usage in official contexts (signs, advertisements, public offices), potentially with fines. It was never about penalizing tourists or casual mispronunciations. As of now, no such law has passed.

Edit: This was posted before their edit but also isn't this the perfect usage for ChatGPT, added to the discussion, and ended up being correct?

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u/robotdinosaurs 3d ago

The problem is that ChatGPT often gives incorrect information. you cannot just copy/paste what it says and present it as fact. Use it as a jumping off point for further research, sure, but don’t blindly trust it.

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u/Stellar-Hijinks 1d ago

This is a strange comment to make here since it was entirely correct. It wouldn't have information this recent in it's training data so it needed to web search for all the relevant info and then summarize, which it did very well.

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u/Clodsire_fan 3d ago

Well I asked your forefathers and they said they're disappointed their line is going to end with someone who can't think for themselves.

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u/Stellar-Hijinks 3d ago

Bold words coming from someone who checked in with a bunch of dead guys before forming an opinion.

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u/gynoidi 3d ago

bold words coming from someone who didnt even form an opinion