That goes usually for Southern Italy and Sicily because greeks used to have colonies there. Many many colonies. And apart from that it's obvious in the average italian between the average greek comparison. We look alike a lot. Grandmas and grandpas in italian villages are like you see grandpas and grandmas from a greek village. But we don't look alike just in appearance. Una faccia una razza is not just a phrase. It's true! It's weird, but in a good way.
@@boofy2592 You're telling me that Greeks and Italians (Romans), two of the most dueling civilizations are basically the same in DNA. Wow, sure should have discovered DNA testing back in the day!
@ROBERT FERRAIOLI nobody in this particular thread grouped them all together, we just agreed that Mediterranean culture is the best. Nobody said the Spanish=Greeks=Italians=Portugese=etc..
My father was an Italian Australian and he told me that there are a lot of Greeks in Australia. He use to live in Darwin Australia where there is a huge Greek population.
I'm Italian on my mom's side and all my guy cousins married Greek girls. Our family holidays are insane. We are the loudest group of people you have ever met.
I'm italian on my dad's side and I can say that not all italians are loud. At least not mine anyway. My family are cold. And they're very nice to people and welcoming but are very judgemental. They are not party people, they're very old school and not family oriented we are divided there's no peace or love. My family are a different breed of italians
I had exactly the same reaction.... I'm Italian and I am from.... Milan. So it must be a very Italian thing. Only difference: my nonnA not my nonnO used to be like that, she wore the trousers in their household. And no spelling mistakes allowed. Not one, never made one but got beaten for way less.... sloppy handwriting, for example. No messing about with her as far as school was concerned. She would have liked to become a teacher but she hadn't been allowed to by her dad. Long lost memories. Nonna, aka la generalessa, would be 116 now.
I have a similar experience with my greek grandpa, who told me not to touch the axe that was by the garden. I was 3 or 4 y.o. I tried to pick it up, it fell on my leg and started bleeding badly, everyone was getting crazy and my grandpa was just sitting on his chair reading the newspaper, still remember him saying "I told her not to touch it".
Atartee my grandson was being dumb with his machete and cut himself ..while he was “ bleeding to death” lol my ex walked in stepped over him and said “ dumb ass”
Im greek and my mother thinks chamomile or ksematiasma are the solution for everything.Stomachache,headache,cancer,heart attack episode,insomnia,bad grades.Everythiiiing.
Omg i can tell now growing in Greece that when i was young i had great respect for vix because my family had great respect for vix and i had it in my head as well the respect of sth very powerful and valuable! It was almost magical. They would tell me, my mother, that it is great but not specifically for what but for many things. And for that I had huge respect for the tree it comes from anf would check how it looks on the encyclopedia! Haha I think my mother thought that if you rub Vicks its very good for you for so many things! That is how these things start!
South Italy is still called Magna Grecia by Greeks,which stands for Great Greece, because it was firstly inhabited by Greek settlers back in the antiquity till the Byzantine (Roman) era. Even today there are a couple villages at Magna Grecia who speak a certain Greek dialect. Italians and Greeks use this same phrase that describes how connected we are " una facca, una razza" meaning same face (personality) same race. Fun fact, there are dozens of pages from Italy on facebook which promote their Greek heritage. I my self, am 1/4 Italian and 3/4 Greek :P
Ha ha! I haven't heard anyone other than my old man (who is Greek) say or make reference to "una fazza, una razza" for the longest time! I love the vague similarities Mediterranean languages have with one another. If you know Greek, you can kind of get the general jist of Spanish or Italian, or vice-versa.
akAsha6E6D Greeks are significantly more genetically related and culturally similar to Italians than to Spaniards. Spanish are Iberian, closely related to North Africans and Portuguese. Italians are Mediterranean’s, closely related to Greeks, Israelis etc.
Speaking as a Greek, the combination of Italy and Greece in only ONE DNA, is just awesome. It doesn't get better,hungrier, crazier! Italians will be our brothers for life! We truly are una facca una raccia.💓💟💝 LOVE them!
@@mikefere4905 Ασε την δικη μου την ιστορία , δόξα τω θεω γνωρίζω😂😚. Κι όχι μονο ιστορία, αλλά και άλλες ανθρώπινες αξίες των οποίων η έλλειψη δεν βοηθά την νοημοσύνη των ανθρώπων να αναπτυχθεί. Εκτός κι αν είσαι απ'αυτά τα παιδια του Δημοτικού που μαθαίνεις την ιστορία από το φανταστικό αυτό βιβλίο, του οποίου μοναδικός πρωταγωνιστής και ήρωας είναι ο Έλληνας.. τι αμεροληψία είναι αυτή? 😂😂😂 ουδείς αναμάρτητος. Αντιμετώπισε το και προχώρα πριν είναι αργα😉💗
@@mikefere4905 fact: στη νοτια Ιταλια και στη Σικελια ειναι πολυ εντονα τα κοινα χαρακτηριστικα μεταξυ ιταλων και ελληνων. Το πρωτο πραγμα που θα σου πουν αν ακουσουν οτι εισαι Ελληνας ειναι να ρωτησουν για επιβεβαιωση τι κοινα εχουμε και να σου πουν οτι μαλλον ειναι λογω μιξης του dna τους με το δικο μας. Οι διαφορες μεταξυ βορειων Ιταλων και νοτιων ειναι τοσο εντονες με τους νοτιους να εχουν τοσα κοινα με εμας που το βλεπεις και μονος σου χωρις να στο επιβεβαιωσει καποιος ντοπιος. Επισης, τα μισα μερη που θα δεις σε νοτια Ιταλια και Σικελια εχουν σχεση με την Magna Grecia και το θεωρουν ως κατι δεδομενο ο περιγυρος τους να ειναι γεματος με ελληνικες αναφορες ειτε εχουν ειτε δεν εχουν ελληνικες ριζες. Απο Ναπολι και κατω ισχυουν τα παραπανω (Ναπολι=Νεαπολη). Για κλεισιμο, οι κατοικοι της Κατω Ιταλιας και της Σικελιας μεχρι το '50 μιλουσαν δικες τους διαλεκτους αναλογα την πολη και το χωριο (σε πολλες περιπτωσεις οι διαλεκτοι αυτες ηταν ελληνικες), αλλα τους επιβληθηκε να μαθουν Ιταλικα, κατι που ακομα και σημερα θυμουνται με πικρια οι περισσοτεροι.
I am Greek but have Sicilian heritage. I happen to think this is the best combination ever. Except for the craziness, of course, but it is part of our charm.
Owner of a Siciliano Nonno here. If you messed with his “limons” (lemons) you got whacked with his prized wooden plank that he kept within arm’s reach at all times. He also had a collection of approximately 15 stray cats, all named ‘Ciccio’. He hated cats but insisted on keeping them around because they would scare the ‘bastardo’ birds away from his precious fruit trees. He smoked rollies from the age of 11 because apparently that’s how kids in Sicily kept cold during the winter but his only ailment was a pesky haemorrhoid that he affectionately named ‘Roberto’ after his dead brother.
And the sad thing is, as a Sicilian, I realized one thing. We suck at defending attacks from other countries but we can make a mean braciole. Got our ass whipped by Africa, Persia, Spain, and Egypt. We were too busy cooking when we should've been fighting. Lol!!
My Pappou recently passed away two weeks ago, and this made me laugh so much and to think about how lovable but actually ‘crazy’ he was! It’s the little quirks that make you feel thankful. Loved you stories!
My Greek grandfather gives me money in a very unique way one could say.. He basically plants the money in his front pocket of his shirt and just comes to me in a - not so discreet- way so I'll see it and take it(and I am always too shy to take it but he doesn't exactly leave me any choice) and then he is like.. Why did you take my moneyyyy and then he starts laughing... And you can bet he does that everytime😂he is so precious
The reason why the Windex is funny, and even whats probably the reasoning for your pappou, is that in Greece, rubbing alcohol is used as treatment for a lot of different things, and in Greece it came blue not clear. So when Greeks come to the US and other countries, they think that what theyre using is the same because its blue.
@@newdamage5945 Because Aussies typically are anglo/celtic. Its less Pan-European than the USA where they have many different European ethnicities who have been there for centuries.. In my opinion an Aussie is someone born here with European Ancestry, typically anglo/celtic but also southern/eastern European.
its a gift thing lol. Asian people, European people and people everywhere just give cash in envelopes. shit i use to get money wrapped in a rubber band for christmas. like 75 dollars in 5's wrapped with a rubber band in a tight roll haha
@@Ares14 Tbh I wouldn't have cared if I'd have just been given the cash in the envelope instead of with a card because I always used to lose the cards within an hour anyway hahaha
Consider "yeeneka" a term of endearment reserved for a man to his wife. There is nothing sexist or demeaning about it. I typically call my wife by name, though I've used yeeneka, but I prefer "neefee mou", which means "my bride" (which, after nearly 40 yrs, brightens her mood and causes her and me to lovingly smile as we recall wedding).
That is so sweet haha, and yes I didn’t understand why he said that word was misogynistic nor the joke he made about it? I’m an american so maybe it’s just language difference but I don’t get the “gee i want to neck her” joke. Unless it means “strangle” which i don’t particularly like...
in italy, referring to greek people, we say "one face, one race" in italian "una faccia, una razza". if it's not clear, it means that we consider greek of our own "race" (It doesn't want to be a racist thing).
The other ridiculously accurate thing from My Big Fat Greek Wedding was Greeks attributing everything to Greece. Then again, it’s true! (Clearly I am Greek)
Well, with the exception of modern sciences (software engineering for example) that use terms mostly of english origin, most of the other sciences use greek and latin based terms and because latin used more word loans fron greek than in reverse, greek are more dominant in science terms, so that belief is not entirely out of reality.
My greek grandma thought that “kókkino” (which means red and is basically a iodine tincture for anti-bacterial purposes) would cure ANYTHING When we fell and scraped ourselves she’d say «Βάλε κόκκινο να γειάνει» When something was itchy she’d say the same She used it on everyone! Humans, cats, dogs, birds She was an amazing woman, honestly
@@elenasavva1 They really don't. The Portuguese demeanor is generally characterized by melancholy and pessimism. It's an overarching theme in all their culture, from literature to music to everyday life. In fact a statistical study on the temperament in European countries ranks Portugal as the 3rd most introverted country in Europe (after Lithuania and Poland). Portugal is really not like the other Medditeranean countries, which makes sense, considering Portugal is not even a Mediteranean country to begin with.
That moment when you introduce your Italian relatives with the following words: "You have to understand he is from a different country and from a different era." And deep down you know it's just a miserable way to explain Italian frenzy to people who grew up in a temperate society. HILARIOUS!
I'm half Italian and half Greek, I barely have speaking English down. Lol. The food was fantastic! My Italian grandfather always give us silver dollars, I wish I would've save them all.
I'm Serbian, and we're sort of considered a part of Mediterranean culture, or just incredibly like them. Mentality-wise very much alike and also best friends with Greeks, that could be it as well! Or I was italian in my past life 😂
@@giuliaalex54 I know it is but I'm asking about the little design in the middle, usually they put a design specifically for each AC game but I've just never seen that one.
Oh my God I love listening to you you are so amazing I am so glad I found you . As a Greek this is so much fun . I'm always surprised to see other people online that are Greek or speak the language .
You go to southern Italy in Apulia they have Grecchinos. They have been in there 500 years before Christ at the very least and southern Italy was once called Magna Grecia.
The entire listerine thing is real. Dr Lister was an Army doctor, considered to be the father of modern anti sepsis that was around during the construction of the Panama Canal and did more work to protect people’s safety in difficult locations that were ripe with disease.
When is was like 5, my Greek grandma would give my cousins and I money in envelopes on holidays and tell us to go buy "τσιγάρa". God bless her, she is the strongest woman I know other than my mom. My mom from Kastania and my dad from Athens makes me greek af lol
This is hilarouos and the comments are too! You forgot Croatia and The Balcans, very similar to Italian and Greeks. I'm from Croatia and I was raised that rakija (strong alcohol) and garlic cure everything, from a wound, stomach ache or cold/flu. I haven't had chance of meeting any of my grandfathers tho.
Elderly people here in Italy still use to give cash in envelopes to their grandchildren as presents. No cards, no nothing😀. Same sum for all, usually. 'you buy what you like. I couldn't guess what you like. So do as you please' they say. Love them.
My greek grandma always keeps pictures of us. And one day my (also greek) grandpa looked at the wall with the pictures and asked me"Who is that little fat baby boy?"... and he start yelling at me.I was in the picture and I'm a girl. I love him.
My dad's side is Greek, mom's side is Italian. Every Sunday my mom's side gets together (usually my Poppy and sometimes Uncle) and we eat pasta! We celebrate Greek Easter and my Yia Yia makes the best food 😋
All your description about the Italian grandpa fit 100% for the Greek grandpa's and grandma's, especially the cash in the envelop lol. Una faccia una raccia.
LMAO! I'm half Greek too, and my Greek grandparents (who are the generation before yours, born 1902) believed Lysol was the miracle fix all. There was a can in every room of the house! My Papou was also an avid gardener, he caught me in his strawberry patch munching away and I thought he was going to kill me, but he just laughed and joined me. I swear I only got away with it because I was so young! 😂 But I really laughed at the chili pepper story, because my Papou used to chase my cousins with hot peppers and put them in their mouths to punish them for foul language! 😂 They also always gave us cash, but it was always in secret, with a finger to the mouth, shhh.. me leis tipota! This worked out great for us, because both YiaYia and Papou would do this and we never said tipota!😂😂😂
It is the same all over Italy.... I'm not from Palermo, I'm from the North, Liguria. When I lived in London as a teenager people used to ask me what I missed from Italy. "my father's tomatoes".... baffled reaction. I used to live with an English family and one day I received a parcel with of botlle of olive-oli from my father. The reaction of the English family was.... ok you're *very* Italian even if you are so white that you look British. But they seemed to enjoy the olive oil from our olive grove. When I went home for Christmas I asked them if I could bring anything back for them. They looked at each other, slightly embarassed "the olive oil is almost finished... maybe another bottle? " "being Italian must be contagious" was my reply.
I have neither a grandfather nor a grandmother, unfortunately they have died, the grandfather before I was born, the grandmother six years ago. I remember her putting sewing equipment in cookie boxes, making amazing cabbage rolls (laxanontolmades), having so-called “semedakia” everywhere, even on TV, and when it was bad weather, she'd call me and tell me not to be afraid. I wasn't afraid, she was more afraid but it was so sweet the way she cared about me. I'm glad that many of you have your own grandparents and grandmothers and have fun with what they do and have stories to tell. I am truly happy, and I hope you are all well and healthy. ❤️ P.s: amazing video, congrats! 💛
04:07 Just like my Italian dad lol. He was always so proud of his garden. He grew daffodils in one corner and each spring when they grew, he’d cut some for me and my mother. I miss him 💜
Good one Anthony. Really resonanted with me. My Mother is Italian and Father Greek. And yes, I got envelopes with money at Christmas from my Grand Parents. Subscribed.
I'm a Greek Aussie who lives in the USA. My Mum is Australian and my Dad was right off the boat from Greece. When my sister and I saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding we sobbed thru a lot of it. There were a lot of exagerated things in the movie but being women with a Greek heritage I think we could probably relate more to it than you, as a man. My daughters asked me why I was crying because it's so funny. I told them "Because this was my life." And a lot of it was my life. I laughed at a lot of it and I can laugh at things in my life and things that my Dad did and said, now, looking back on it all. But, at the time, it was a constant struggle to try and be a normal kid and young woman, growing up in Australia and the United States. Everything is about reputation with the Greeks. Plus after visiting Greece and the village where my Dad grew up I can see that he and a lot of his fellow immigrants brought their old ways with them (greatly influenced by the Turks during the Turkish occupation of Greece) and stuck with them while the Greeks back home have continued to grow and change with the times and are more cosmolitan with their traditions and ideas. I used to joke about the only differece between my Dad & the Turks was that he didn't make us wear a hijab. My Big Fat Greek Wedding was written by a Greek woman who experienced these things. You as a Greek man will never be able to understand what we as Greek women went thru so please don't negate the whole movie as a made up hollywood version of Greek life when you can't possibly know what you're talking about as a man of Greek heritage.
Sweet sweet memories. My nonno from Sicilia was the sweetest man for his granddaughters (me and my 2 sisters). We came to visit from Holland, not every year. He was so happy to see his son, daughter in law and his 3 grandchildren. Still mis him dearly. Tanti saluti di Maria Falcone.
And the envelope MUST stay open. NEVER close them! (I still don't know why!) It must be a way to be polite i guess as if you close it that means you don't trust the person you are giving it
We also do this at weddings we give cash in a envelope just like Sebastian Maniscalco said itailians/Sicilians don't go to Bed Bath & Beyond to get a gift for an Italian wedding we give cash in an envelope
The funny thing about being half Greek half Italian is that you look 100% Greek and also 100% Italian.
Italians and Greeks actually have identical dna I’m full Italian and when I did dna test it shows that Greeks and Italians are the same genetically
That goes usually for Southern Italy and Sicily because greeks used to have colonies there. Many many colonies. And apart from that it's obvious in the average italian between the average greek comparison. We look alike a lot. Grandmas and grandpas in italian villages are like you see grandpas and grandmas from a greek village. But we don't look alike just in appearance. Una faccia una razza is not just a phrase. It's true! It's weird, but in a good way.
@@boofy2592 You're telling me that Greeks and Italians (Romans), two of the most dueling civilizations are basically the same in DNA. Wow, sure should have discovered DNA testing back in the day!
Literally
Accurate AF
"Go drink a coffee with your friends"
*Gives 50€*
I remember "take this to buy a chocolate, 50euros lol
"Go get a gelato"
@@mariafrancescavinci7196 That right there... "This is for icecream"
Well, if you're in Italy, 50€ doesn't take you very far...
@@blondecat666 depends on what you do and where you are
saw basically no difference between your Italian and Greek grandparents and my Spanish grandparents... mediterranean culture i love this
Mediterranean culture is the best!
It really is
@ROBERT FERRAIOLI no shit
@ROBERT FERRAIOLI nobody in this particular thread grouped them all together, we just agreed that Mediterranean culture is the best. Nobody said the Spanish=Greeks=Italians=Portugese=etc..
@ROBERT FERRAIOLI I disagree.
I can relate to your Greek grandpa so much! My "pappou" believed that the cure to everything was Nivea cream.
Is in it???!!! 😂😂😂
@@Argestos isn't it?????
χαχαχαχαχα πρώτη φορά το ακούω, ο δικός μου έχει το ελαιόλαδο!
Hahaha that was so funny to me cause I know what she's talkin about
Omg mine thinks the cure is „Butavate“ (Greek cream)
Una Faccia, Una Razza 🇬🇷❤🇮🇹
Μια φάτσα, μια ράτσα 🇮🇹❤🇬🇷
♥♡♥
Μια φάτσα, una razza 💖
@@dtzhtd4886 μην εκτιθεσαι ...
yoda48 what are you sayin i dont even understand your semtence. Anyway italians are our brothers. love to italy.
Russell Richards believe me he is not Typical Greek and probably not Greek. I have not heard this opinion from a Greek
Before. Greeks love italians.
I'm from Greece and my grandma always passes my money secretly like they are drugs or something lol
Same here and I’m Italian ahahah
French Grandmothers do the same lol
Same here and I'm Portuguese 😂😂 sometimes she even says "don't tell your cousins"
So true
yo, what's wrong with that!?
A man who is Greek/Italian with an Australian accent and does comedy!?! Sign me up!
My father was an Italian Australian and he told me that there are a lot of Greeks in Australia. He use to live in Darwin Australia where there is a huge Greek population.
@@contessa5434 a lot of Pontic Greeks moved to Australia after the genocide in the Ottoman Empire/Turkey
bianca n this
He's shit
bianca n Because he was fucking born in Australia??
I'm Italian on my mom's side and all my guy cousins married Greek girls. Our family holidays are insane. We are the loudest group of people you have ever met.
I'm italian on my dad's side and I can say that not all italians are loud. At least not mine anyway. My family are cold. And they're very nice to people and welcoming but are very judgemental. They are not party people, they're very old school and not family oriented we are divided there's no peace or love. My family are a different breed of italians
@@christopherluvsaidan67 ur father is Italian and ur mom?
Sounds accurate to me
@@christopherluvsaidan67 Are you from north Italy? They are more like other Europeans and not so much as the Mediterraneans
@@christopherluvsaidan67 Not all Greeks are loud either. In fact,I find many tourists to be louder than us,especially those from Eastern Europe.
I'm a Greek and I'm sitting here like "why are these people laughing what's so funny everything's perfectly normal" xD
I had exactly the same reaction.... I'm Italian and I am from.... Milan. So it must be a very Italian thing. Only difference: my nonnA not my nonnO used to be like that, she wore the trousers in their household. And no spelling mistakes allowed. Not one, never made one but got beaten for way less.... sloppy handwriting, for example. No messing about with her as far as school was concerned. She would have liked to become a teacher but she hadn't been allowed to by her dad. Long lost memories. Nonna, aka la generalessa, would be 116 now.
im italian and i feel the same way ahah
Ι'm Greek to the core, I can totally relate lol
THE REASON OUR GRANDPARENTS PASS THE MONEY LIKE ITS DRUGS IS BECAUSE IF OUR PARENTS NOTICE THEY WILL MAKE THEM TAKE IT BACK
Nefeli Provata That’s funny. My grandparents were from Russia and they always gave us money secretly too.
Nah the yiya & papou give it discreetly so there own kids don't take it.They know what they like.lol
Or put it away for college!
Also they don't want other brothers/sisters/cousins to see it,because you are the fav and it would create jealousy!
No, if the parents see the money they will take it for themselves
I have a similar experience with my greek grandpa, who told me not to touch the axe that was by the garden. I was 3 or 4 y.o.
I tried to pick it up, it fell on my leg and started bleeding badly, everyone was getting crazy and my grandpa was just sitting on his chair reading the newspaper, still remember him saying "I told her not to touch it".
god style
The older you get, the smarter your parents and grandparents become.
Atartee my grandson was being dumb with his machete and cut himself ..while he was “ bleeding to death” lol my ex walked in stepped over him and said “ dumb ass”
As a latina this is the same to a certain point. Instead you get told "Por bendijo"( for being stupid/idiot) 😂😂
Russians and Greeks are so similar
Mediterranean cultures have one thing in common and it's the great unity family members have with each other
We either love each other to death or hate each other to death. There is no in between.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. Honestly, I realized just recently there's a tendency to be very black and white about that.
They have many things in common, many behavioural characteristics as well
Yup 🇱🇧
and the drama...
Im greek and my mother thinks chamomile or ksematiasma are the solution for everything.Stomachache,headache,cancer,heart attack episode,insomnia,bad grades.Everythiiiing.
" έλα παιδί μου να σε ξεματιασω μπας και γράψεις τίποτα στις πανελληνιες και μπορέσουμε να σε ξεφορτωθούμε επιτέλους "
Sounds like my Scottish granny. A "cuppa tea and a biscuit" cured absolutely everything. LOL
Ηλεκτρα Χρηστακεα Βεργη πανελελε 2019; 😊
Έχει δίκιο.
Φταίει που δεν φοράς ζακέτα
Βαλε του παιδιου λιγο listerin😂😂😂 πεθανα
I dont speak debt
But you speak stupid
ah emena h mia giagia mou to exei afto me to vix kai h allh me thn bepanthol.
Nah more like wd40 😂😂
@@regularartist699 I'm Greek but that shit made me laugh in a bus loudly.
My dad is a Cypriot Greek and he definitely believes that the cure to everything is Vicks!😂😂
And zivania I assume.
@@CostasAn Ofcourse, he used to heat it up and tell me to rub it on my chest and back😂
My father is the same way. Hes Greek as well.
Omg i can tell now growing in Greece that when i was young i had great respect for vix because my family had great respect for vix and i had it in my head as well the respect of sth very powerful and valuable! It was almost magical. They would tell me, my mother, that it is great but not specifically for what but for many things. And for that I had huge respect for the tree it comes from anf would check how it looks on the encyclopedia! Haha I think my mother thought that if you rub Vicks its very good for you for so many things! That is how these things start!
We're Mexican and same thing with vicks!
South Italy is still called Magna Grecia by Greeks,which stands for Great Greece, because it was firstly inhabited by Greek settlers back in the antiquity till the Byzantine (Roman) era. Even today there are a couple villages at Magna Grecia who speak a certain Greek dialect. Italians and Greeks use this same phrase that describes how connected we are " una facca, una razza" meaning same face (personality) same race. Fun fact, there are dozens of pages from Italy on facebook which promote their Greek heritage. I my self, am 1/4 Italian and 3/4 Greek :P
Do you speak any Greek?
Ha ha! I haven't heard anyone other than my old man (who is Greek) say or make reference to "una fazza, una razza" for the longest time! I love the vague similarities Mediterranean languages have with one another. If you know Greek, you can kind of get the general jist of Spanish or Italian, or vice-versa.
actually not so much una fazza una razza..greeks are more similar to the italians of the south ,& extremely more alike with the spanish...
Spet... Chi diamine è che chiama il Sud Magna Grecia? CHI?? * muore dal ridere *
akAsha6E6D Greeks are significantly more genetically related and culturally similar to Italians than to Spaniards. Spanish are Iberian, closely related to North Africans and Portuguese. Italians are Mediterranean’s, closely related to Greeks, Israelis etc.
Speaking as a Greek, the combination of Italy and Greece in only ONE DNA, is just awesome. It doesn't get better,hungrier, crazier!
Italians will be our brothers for life! We truly are una facca una raccia.💓💟💝 LOVE them!
@@mikefere4905 your fucking opinion, sweetheart😂😉
MJ's Liberian Diana καλα αμα η3ερες λιγο ιστορια....
@@mikefere4905 Ασε την δικη μου την ιστορία , δόξα τω θεω γνωρίζω😂😚. Κι όχι μονο ιστορία, αλλά και άλλες ανθρώπινες αξίες των οποίων η έλλειψη δεν βοηθά την νοημοσύνη των ανθρώπων να αναπτυχθεί. Εκτός κι αν είσαι απ'αυτά τα παιδια του Δημοτικού που μαθαίνεις την ιστορία από το φανταστικό αυτό βιβλίο, του οποίου μοναδικός πρωταγωνιστής και ήρωας είναι ο Έλληνας.. τι αμεροληψία είναι αυτή? 😂😂😂 ουδείς αναμάρτητος. Αντιμετώπισε το και προχώρα πριν είναι αργα😉💗
MJ's Liberian Diana τι ισορια ξερεις..σε λιγο θα μας πεις πως οι τουρκοι ειναι αδερφια μας....
@@mikefere4905 fact: στη νοτια Ιταλια και στη Σικελια ειναι πολυ εντονα τα κοινα χαρακτηριστικα μεταξυ ιταλων και ελληνων. Το πρωτο πραγμα που θα σου πουν αν ακουσουν οτι εισαι Ελληνας ειναι να ρωτησουν για επιβεβαιωση τι κοινα εχουμε και να σου πουν οτι μαλλον ειναι λογω μιξης του dna τους με το δικο μας. Οι διαφορες μεταξυ βορειων Ιταλων και νοτιων ειναι τοσο εντονες με τους νοτιους να εχουν τοσα κοινα με εμας που το βλεπεις και μονος σου χωρις να στο επιβεβαιωσει καποιος ντοπιος. Επισης, τα μισα μερη που θα δεις σε νοτια Ιταλια και Σικελια εχουν σχεση με την Magna Grecia και το θεωρουν ως κατι δεδομενο ο περιγυρος τους να ειναι γεματος με ελληνικες αναφορες ειτε εχουν ειτε δεν εχουν ελληνικες ριζες. Απο Ναπολι και κατω ισχυουν τα παραπανω (Ναπολι=Νεαπολη). Για κλεισιμο, οι κατοικοι της Κατω Ιταλιας και της Σικελιας μεχρι το '50 μιλουσαν δικες τους διαλεκτους αναλογα την πολη και το χωριο (σε πολλες περιπτωσεις οι διαλεκτοι αυτες ηταν ελληνικες), αλλα τους επιβληθηκε να μαθουν Ιταλικα, κατι που ακομα και σημερα θυμουνται με πικρια οι περισσοτεροι.
I am Greek but have Sicilian heritage. I happen to think this is the best combination ever. Except for the craziness, of course, but it is part of our charm.
As a Greek, I can relate to that so much. Goodbye Grandpa, thank you for making me the man I am today.
Awww ! God bless him and u
@@eleftheriazara1109 Thank you, it's amazing how time flies
Love Italy! Been there a couple of times! When the Italians heard I am Greek they were overwhelmed and excited! God bless Italy! Love from Greece!
Owner of a Siciliano Nonno here. If you messed with his “limons” (lemons) you got whacked with his prized wooden plank that he kept within arm’s reach at all times. He also had a collection of approximately 15 stray cats, all named ‘Ciccio’. He hated cats but insisted on keeping them around because they would scare the ‘bastardo’ birds away from his precious fruit trees. He smoked rollies from the age of 11 because apparently that’s how kids in Sicily kept cold during the winter but his only ailment was a pesky haemorrhoid that he affectionately named ‘Roberto’ after his dead brother.
Tuo nonno è un personaggio ahahah
They are called "Limoni" (plural) or "Limone" (singular)...just to clarify.
And the sad thing is, as a Sicilian, I realized one thing. We suck at defending attacks from other countries but we can make a mean braciole. Got our ass whipped by Africa, Persia, Spain, and Egypt. We were too busy cooking when we should've been fighting. Lol!!
Lol! Sounds like my nonno except for the haemorrhoids!
Ha ha. Nm Howl. You are hysterical
My Pappou recently passed away two weeks ago, and this made me laugh so much and to think about how lovable but actually ‘crazy’ he was! It’s the little quirks that make you feel thankful. Loved you stories!
dimkagirl18 Oh, I feel ya..I miss my Polish grandparents and Slovakian grandparents, Aunties and Uncles. God bless them all. Fond hilarious memories
My son is Greek/Italian. And his
Nono has his precious garden and my father is certifiably insane!! Lmao 🤣😂
My Greek grandfather gives me money in a very unique way one could say.. He basically plants the money in his front pocket of his shirt and just comes to me in a - not so discreet- way so I'll see it and take it(and I am always too shy to take it but he doesn't exactly leave me any choice) and then he is like.. Why did you take my moneyyyy and then he starts laughing... And you can bet he does that everytime😂he is so precious
"...and protector of the fridge" im crying :-p :-D
I am only greek but I can relate to both grandparents
same
but ive never met my papo
same😂
yup samee
@Steven Tsakiris lmao σε βλέπω στα σχόλια από sabaton τραγουδια συνέχεια 😂😂
I am serbian and u laughed so hard cause we kinda have simillar mentality.
You made my day Tony.
Bless you 💜
The reason why the Windex is funny, and even whats probably the reasoning for your pappou, is that in Greece, rubbing alcohol is used as treatment for a lot of different things, and in Greece it came blue not clear. So when Greeks come to the US and other countries, they think that what theyre using is the same because its blue.
Very interesting, I had no idea!
Yeah. I never met my grandpa but my grandma used alcohol as well
Alexandros Kantzelis Interesting , thank you
*Aha! Makes sense!*
Pou ides mple alkool?
Do people not realise you can be raised in Australia but still be Greek-Italian?
I'm pretty sure all non-aborigines migrated to Australia not too long ago be it from Britain or Greek
@@newdamage5945 Because Aussies typically are anglo/celtic. Its less Pan-European than the USA where they have many different European ethnicities who have been there for centuries.. In my opinion an Aussie is someone born here with European Ancestry, typically anglo/celtic but also southern/eastern European.
@@krixxset2214 If someone's born there they qualify as an Aussie period tho, no matter their dna.
@@veronica- if you were born in china would that make you Chinese?
I am also African yet white European.
Old school Greeks and Italians are scared to death of cool drafts.
Like a window open in a moving car or even at home is a no go.
Ain't that the truth!
It's like kryptonite. lol
KLISE! Kani revma lol
To be honest I'm Portuguese and my grandmother and other relatives also put money in envelopes as a gift! I guess it's a Mediterranean thing pppft
its a gift thing lol. Asian people, European people and people everywhere just give cash in envelopes. shit i use to get money wrapped in a rubber band for christmas. like 75 dollars in 5's wrapped with a rubber band in a tight roll haha
@@Ares14 Tbh I wouldn't have cared if I'd have just been given the cash in the envelope instead of with a card because I always used to lose the cards within an hour anyway hahaha
In Greece, grandparents never put money in envelopes. It's called drug dealing- with money
In Japan too, grandparents give money to children and grandchildren on New Year's Day, in a specially decorated envelope. :)
I mean meditteranean people are better in any way than the cold ones in the north can't stand them
Italians and Greeks are brothers!!!
not
Yes we are, love greeks una faccia una razza brothers
@CJ DUNROVIN yea but finns wouldn't give a shit, they are like meh. :')
@Jeremiah Boyd Sometimes...brothers..fight..? Lol
CaptainAMAZINGGG I mean we’re not politicians, so..
I’m Persian, but our cultures are so similar apparently. Love Italians and Greeks!!! Peace!
I'm laughing so hard. My grandparents are EXACTLY like what you describe. Greek family is literally crazy
My grandmother is Arab, not Greek, but she thinks garlic is the answer to everything.
Sara my Mexican father shares this same belief!
Sara and olive oil😂😂❤
oh god no.
Your grandmother is not wrong
That’s my answer to everything and I’m neither😂
Consider "yeeneka" a term of endearment reserved for a man to his wife. There is nothing sexist or demeaning about it.
I typically call my wife by name, though I've used yeeneka, but I prefer "neefee mou", which means "my bride" (which, after nearly 40 yrs, brightens her mood and causes her and me to lovingly smile as we recall wedding).
Tasos This is so cute:), I really hope to have something like this someday
This is so wholesome
That is so sweet haha, and yes I didn’t understand why he said that word was misogynistic nor the joke he made about it? I’m an american so maybe it’s just language difference but I don’t get the “gee i want to neck her” joke. Unless it means “strangle” which i don’t particularly like...
@@elizabethl6987 "To neck" means "to make out with".
Italian and Greek, sounds like a very handsome man to me.
in italy, referring to greek people, we say "one face, one race" in italian "una faccia, una razza".
if it's not clear, it means that we consider greek of our own "race" (It doesn't want to be a racist thing).
We say the same thing in Greece about Italians all the time. (Love and hope for this situation with the Corona to stop)
Don't worry, only self-hating globalists will think it's racist. And they're not worth listening to.
your italian grandpa reminds me of my greek grandpa 😂
Same here. The thing with the garden reminded me of my Greek grandpa as well/
Your Italian grandpa reminds me of my Italian grandma, la "generalessa".
Same here, the description of the Italian grandfather was the description of all the Greek old timers in my family.
You are 50% Greek and 50% Italian so you are 100% awesome!
Greek and Italians, una faccia una razza !
The other ridiculously accurate thing from My Big Fat Greek Wedding was Greeks attributing everything to Greece. Then again, it’s true! (Clearly I am Greek)
Well, with the exception of modern sciences (software engineering for example) that use terms mostly of english origin, most of the other sciences use greek and latin based terms and because latin used more word loans fron greek than in reverse, greek are more dominant in science terms, so that belief is not entirely out of reality.
What about tacos
Tacos are just really thin souvlakis ;)
@@Bombadillio are those made of corn?
'twas a joke, bud :)
My greek grandma thought that “kókkino” (which means red and is basically a iodine tincture for anti-bacterial purposes) would cure ANYTHING
When we fell and scraped ourselves she’d say «Βάλε κόκκινο να γειάνει»
When something was itchy she’d say the same
She used it on everyone! Humans, cats, dogs, birds
She was an amazing woman, honestly
Yep, same here. Sometimes kokkino was all over my knees and elbows. Marks of best childhood summers
Mediterranean culture is LOVEEEE💕💕 Greece Italy Spain Portugal
BaekSeok D 한글?
♥♥♥
Portugese are not Mediterraneans but they have a very Mediterranean temperament.
You said Mediterranean culture but named only 4 countries of which 1 technically isn’t even Mediterranean lol
@@elenasavva1
They really don't.
The Portuguese demeanor is generally characterized by melancholy and pessimism. It's an overarching theme in all their culture, from literature to music to everyday life. In fact a statistical study on the temperament in European countries ranks Portugal as the 3rd most introverted country in Europe (after Lithuania and Poland).
Portugal is really not like the other Medditeranean countries, which makes sense, considering Portugal is not even a Mediteranean country to begin with.
I am crying out loud
That was so damn funny
Man I love your accent ,3 different languages and you rocked them
That moment when you introduce your Italian relatives with the following words: "You have to understand he is from a different country and from a different era." And deep down you know it's just a miserable way to explain Italian frenzy to people who grew up in a temperate society. HILARIOUS!
Im greek and the italian grandad is also like my greek grandad..greeks and italians are like cousins hahaha
The southern the italian is the more greek he is at the core lol
I'm half Italian and half Greek, I barely have speaking English down. Lol. The food was fantastic!
My Italian grandfather always give us silver dollars, I wish I would've save them all.
I'm Serbian, and we're sort of considered a part of Mediterranean culture, or just incredibly like them. Mentality-wise very much alike and also best friends with Greeks, that could be it as well!
Or I was italian in my past life 😂
I'm half Greek and half Italian, this is sooo relatable!
Btw we are amazing 😂
I love that symbol, where is it from?
Looks like the assassins creed symbol but I might be wrong
@@trashcantacos It's an Assassin's Creed symbol!
@@giuliaalex54 I know it is but I'm asking about the little design in the middle, usually they put a design specifically for each AC game but I've just never seen that one.
@@trashcantacos it's the assassin's creed revelations logo
My Giagia uses NIVEA to cure everything.
You just described my childhood haha “don’t touch the garden” haha
Βαλ'του παιδιού λίγο λιστεριν
ΕΚΛΑΨΑ😂😂
Είμαι ελληνίδα ξέρω ιταλικά και λατρεύω τα αγγλικά είναι τόσο satisfying το πως αλλάζεις από τη μια γλώσσα στην αλλη😂
Είσαι θεϊκός! I haven't laughed that much for at least list a year! Thank you so much ❤
OMG this was my Italian grandpa 100%... he was crazy! He also wore red socks every spaghetti night.
I just found out today that I am 61%Greek and I never knew that about me cause I never knew my Bio dad. I'm also Italian from my mom's side.
Oh my God I love listening to you you are so amazing I am so glad I found you . As a Greek this is so much fun . I'm always surprised to see other people online that are Greek or speak the language .
I didn't even get an envelope 😂. Straight cash in hand
Bro thats so savage!
Lmao me too in the palm of the hand with a handshake.Gangsta giagia
@@das96bna is your family from Calabria?
@@joshfontanella no mate greece
@@das96bna ahahaha well there you go, exactly the same culture, big love brother ❤️
This is how it's done in Slovakia, no card, just cash in an envelope with your name on 😂😂😂
One other thing MBFGW got right was Greek hospitality, they are the most generous host ever!
You go to southern Italy in Apulia they have Grecchinos. They have been in there 500 years before Christ at the very least and southern Italy was once called Magna Grecia.
omg I spent 10 years of my early life living in Greece and have Italian family it's so funny to hear stories to reminisce to and relate to them😊
The entire listerine thing is real. Dr Lister was an Army doctor, considered to be the father of modern anti sepsis that was around during the construction of the Panama Canal and did more work to protect people’s safety in difficult locations that were ripe with disease.
When I was a kid I got hot peppers from
the garden in my eyes and my family just laughed their arses off.
When is was like 5, my Greek grandma would give my cousins and I money in envelopes on holidays and tell us to go buy "τσιγάρa". God bless her, she is the strongest woman I know other than my mom. My mom from Kastania and my dad from Athens makes me greek af lol
Kastania Korinthias? That's where my pappou was from.
The funny thing about Santa with a Greek accent is that St Nikolas was himself born Greek, the Bishop of Myra.
This is hilarouos and the comments are too! You forgot Croatia and The Balcans, very similar to Italian and Greeks. I'm from Croatia and I was raised that rakija (strong alcohol) and garlic cure everything, from a wound, stomach ache or cold/flu. I haven't had chance of meeting any of my grandfathers tho.
Also, giving money as if they are drug dealers is on point.
Elderly people here in Italy still use to give cash in envelopes to their grandchildren as presents. No cards, no nothing😀. Same sum for all, usually. 'you buy what you like. I couldn't guess what you like. So do as you please' they say. Love them.
My greek grandma always keeps pictures of us. And one day my (also greek) grandpa looked at the wall with the pictures and asked me"Who is that little fat baby boy?"... and he start yelling at me.I was in the picture and I'm a girl.
I love him.
I laughed so hard at the "gynaika" part. So true
What a beautiful mediterranen man.... and then he has an Australian accent and there it is; perfection 😍
This made me nostalgic for my Nonno, sadly he passed a year ago now
My grandbabies are half Greek half Irish. 2 boys, one looks Greek, one looks Irish.
My father is Italian, my mother is from Cyprus... I swear to god I hadn’t laughed this much for so long, I love this😍😂
My dad's side is Greek, mom's side is Italian. Every Sunday my mom's side gets together (usually my Poppy and sometimes Uncle) and we eat pasta! We celebrate Greek Easter and my Yia Yia makes the best food 😋
They were laughing like they were in love with him lol
I can understand why though
i think they are girls who have a liking for him physically (possibly a crush)
All your description about the Italian grandpa fit 100% for the Greek grandpa's and grandma's, especially the cash in the envelop lol. Una faccia una raccia.
LMAO! I'm half Greek too, and my Greek grandparents (who are the generation before yours, born 1902) believed Lysol was the miracle fix all. There was a can in every room of the house! My Papou was also an avid gardener, he caught me in his strawberry patch munching away and I thought he was going to kill me, but he just laughed and joined me. I swear I only got away with it because I was so young! 😂 But I really laughed at the chili pepper story, because my Papou used to chase my cousins with hot peppers and put them in their mouths to punish them for foul language! 😂
They also always gave us cash, but it was always in secret, with a finger to the mouth, shhh.. me leis tipota! This worked out great for us, because both YiaYia and Papou would do this and we never said tipota!😂😂😂
Καλά τρομερός! Γέλασα τόσο μα τόσο πολύ! 😂😂😂
Una Faccia, Una Razza 🇬🇷❤🇮🇹
The garden thing my cousins will NOT stop going on about how amazing his tomatoes are especially when we eat at his😂
It is the same all over Italy.... I'm not from Palermo, I'm from the North, Liguria. When I lived in London as a teenager people used to ask me what I missed from Italy. "my father's tomatoes".... baffled reaction.
I used to live with an English family and one day I received a parcel with of botlle of olive-oli from my father. The reaction of the English family was.... ok you're *very* Italian even if you are so white that you look British. But they seemed to enjoy the olive oil from our olive grove.
When I went home for Christmas I asked them if I could bring anything back for them. They looked at each other, slightly embarassed "the olive oil is almost finished... maybe another bottle? " "being Italian must be contagious" was my reply.
I have neither a grandfather nor a grandmother, unfortunately they have died, the grandfather before I was born, the grandmother six years ago. I remember her putting sewing equipment in cookie boxes, making amazing cabbage rolls (laxanontolmades), having so-called “semedakia” everywhere, even on TV, and when it was bad weather, she'd call me and tell me not to be afraid. I wasn't afraid, she was more afraid but it was so sweet the way she cared about me. I'm glad that many of you have your own grandparents and grandmothers and have fun with what they do and have stories to tell. I am truly happy, and I hope you are all well and healthy. ❤️ P.s: amazing video, congrats! 💛
04:07 Just like my Italian dad lol. He was always so proud of his garden. He grew daffodils in one corner and each spring when they grew, he’d cut some for me and my mother.
I miss him 💜
My nonno is the exact same way about christmas. 😂 I don’t ever wonder what I will be gifted.
this is great, as a Greek i had such a good laugh
Good one Anthony. Really resonanted with me. My Mother is Italian and Father Greek. And yes, I got envelopes with money at Christmas from my Grand Parents. Subscribed.
Just come across this ...... very funny man ...... love the connections between Greek and Italians 💪🏻
i'm lebanese and that makes me a mediterranean middle eastern arab form a christian family
point is, my grandparents are a MIX of yours!
Wow, the Lebanese have a bunch of different cultural "seasonings" huh? 😅❤
@@ElNegringoKreyolito very! The levant is a variety of colors and shapes. Especially Lebanon. Even the hair texture spectrum is huuuge
@@marie-lynnissa656 C'est très intéressant! C'est une zone mélange comme les îles caribbean d'où vient ma famille👌
Very possible to have a little Greek!
10:48 😂😂😂 "and that's why you don't want to work for a Greek because they're crazy and paranoid " 110% true I should know for I am Greek
I'm a Greek Aussie who lives in the USA. My Mum is Australian and my Dad was right off the boat from Greece. When my sister and I saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding we sobbed thru a lot of it. There were a lot of exagerated things in the movie but being women with a Greek heritage I think we could probably relate more to it than you, as a man. My daughters asked me why I was crying because it's so funny. I told them "Because this was my life." And a lot of it was my life. I laughed at a lot of it and I can laugh at things in my life and things that my Dad did and said, now, looking back on it all. But, at the time, it was a constant struggle to try and be a normal kid and young woman, growing up in Australia and the United States. Everything is about reputation with the Greeks. Plus after visiting Greece and the village where my Dad grew up I can see that he and a lot of his fellow immigrants brought their old ways with them (greatly influenced by the Turks during the Turkish occupation of Greece) and stuck with them while the Greeks back home have continued to grow and change with the times and are more cosmolitan with their traditions and ideas. I used to joke about the only differece between my Dad & the Turks was that he didn't make us wear a hijab. My Big Fat Greek Wedding was written by a Greek woman who experienced these things. You as a Greek man will never be able to understand what we as Greek women went thru so please don't negate the whole movie as a made up hollywood version of Greek life when you can't possibly know what you're talking about as a man of Greek heritage.
OMG, it wasn't THAT bad! Relax!
Sweet sweet memories. My nonno from Sicilia was the sweetest man for his granddaughters (me and my 2 sisters). We came to visit from Holland, not every year. He was so happy to see his son, daughter in law and his 3 grandchildren. Still mis him dearly. Tanti saluti di Maria Falcone.
Κι ο δικός μου ο παππούς λατρεύει το Λίστεριν
Nonno sounds badass 😂
Such a blessing to grow up with grandparents. I can relate to every story -even the ones with your nonno- and I am 100%Greek.
Που ηταν αυτο το διαμαντακι τοσο καιρο? Υπεροχος πονεσε η κοιλια μου απο τα γελια!!!
Armenians, greeks, and italians are sooooo similar! I always am able to blend in with any of these groups easily.
There were Armenians in southern italy since 800ad
I am Sicilian! 😃 My Grandfather would always give us money in the envelopes.
And the envelope MUST stay open. NEVER close them! (I still don't know why!) It must be a way to be polite i guess as if you close it that means you don't trust the person you are giving it
We also do this at weddings we give cash in a envelope just like Sebastian Maniscalco said itailians/Sicilians don't go to Bed Bath & Beyond to get a gift for an Italian wedding we give cash in an envelope
i FELT this, my exact childhood (especially the garden part 😂)
Love this man hilarious!!!!