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Robin Bignall
Oct 5, 2015, 8:14:56 PM10/5/15
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Watching 'Donny Brasco', one of the best wise-guy movies I've seen, two
words new to me came up. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have
subtitles, and bits of dialogue are hard to make out. The spelling is
my own.
fugesi or fugayzi -- a fake, especially zircon trying to look like
diamond
fazones (it sounded like) -- an amount in dollars? (this was unclear,
even in context.)
Are they derived from Italian? Sicilian?
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Robin Bignall
Herts, England (BrE)
words new to me came up. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have
subtitles, and bits of dialogue are hard to make out. The spelling is
my own.
fugesi or fugayzi -- a fake, especially zircon trying to look like
diamond
fazones (it sounded like) -- an amount in dollars? (this was unclear,
even in context.)
Are they derived from Italian? Sicilian?
--
Robin Bignall
Herts, England (BrE)
Ross
Oct 5, 2015, 8:24:05 PM10/5/15
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Robin Bignall
Oct 5, 2015, 8:34:30 PM10/5/15
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On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:23:53 -0700 (PDT), Ross <benl...@ihug.co.nz>
wrote:
>On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:14:56 PM UTC+13, Robin Bignall wrote:
>> Watching 'Donny Brasco', one of the best wise-guy movies I've seen, two
>> words new to me came up. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have
>> subtitles, and bits of dialogue are hard to make out. The spelling is
>> my own.
>>
>> fugesi or fugayzi -- a fake, especially zircon trying to look like
>> diamond
>>
>> fazones (it sounded like) -- an amount in dollars? (this was unclear,
>> even in context.)
>>
>> Are they derived from Italian? Sicilian?
wrote:
>On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:14:56 PM UTC+13, Robin Bignall wrote:
>> Watching 'Donny Brasco', one of the best wise-guy movies I've seen, two
>> words new to me came up. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have
>> subtitles, and bits of dialogue are hard to make out. The spelling is
>> my own.
>>
>> fugesi or fugayzi -- a fake, especially zircon trying to look like
>> diamond
>>
>> fazones (it sounded like) -- an amount in dollars? (this was unclear,
>> even in context.)
>>
>> Are they derived from Italian? Sicilian?
>'Fugazi' meaning (among other things)'fake' was discussed here in May of this year.
I was not in a position to follow AUE at that time.
snide...@gmail.com
Oct 5, 2015, 8:48:00 PM10/5/15
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/dps
snide...@gmail.com
Oct 5, 2015, 8:53:57 PM10/5/15
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<URL:https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.usage.english/Mm-D-qymCPY/4cta2eYr_DYJ>
/dps "bread upon the waters?"
Ross
Oct 5, 2015, 9:57:04 PM10/5/15
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people if they have missed (or even forgotten) an earlier discussion.
The discussion was not extremely long, but multi-faceted and not
easy to summarize. I hope you can find it in the archives.
Peter T. Daniels
Oct 6, 2015, 12:04:40 AM10/6/15
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uses it to mean "fake," I think they oughta sue.
I don't know what "fazone" might be an earful for.
Robin Bignall
Oct 6, 2015, 3:42:25 PM10/6/15
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fazones? It seems in context to mean dollars.
Robin Bignall
Oct 6, 2015, 3:44:57 PM10/6/15
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On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:56:59 -0700 (PDT), Ross <benl...@ihug.co.nz>
wrote:
>On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:34:30 PM UTC+13, Robin Bignall wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:23:53 -0700 (PDT), Ross <benl...@ihug.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:14:56 PM UTC+13, Robin Bignall wrote:
>> >> Watching 'Donny Brasco', one of the best wise-guy movies I've seen, two
>> >> words new to me came up. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have
>> >> subtitles, and bits of dialogue are hard to make out. The spelling is
>> >> my own.
>> >>
>> >> fugesi or fugayzi -- a fake, especially zircon trying to look like
>> >> diamond
>> >>
>> >> fazones (it sounded like) -- an amount in dollars? (this was unclear,
>> >> even in context.)
>> >>
>> >> Are they derived from Italian? Sicilian?
>>
>> >'Fugazi' meaning (among other things)'fake' was discussed here in May of this year.
>>
>> I was not in a position to follow AUE at that time.
>On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:34:30 PM UTC+13, Robin Bignall wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:23:53 -0700 (PDT), Ross <benl...@ihug.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:14:56 PM UTC+13, Robin Bignall wrote:
>> >> Watching 'Donny Brasco', one of the best wise-guy movies I've seen, two
>> >> words new to me came up. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have
>> >> subtitles, and bits of dialogue are hard to make out. The spelling is
>> >> my own.
>> >>
>> >> fugesi or fugayzi -- a fake, especially zircon trying to look like
>> >> diamond
>> >>
>> >> fazones (it sounded like) -- an amount in dollars? (this was unclear,
>> >> even in context.)
>> >>
>> >> Are they derived from Italian? Sicilian?
>>
>> >'Fugazi' meaning (among other things)'fake' was discussed here in May of this year.
>>
>> I was not in a position to follow AUE at that time.
>Sorry, I didn't mean that as a reproof. I don't hold it against
>people if they have missed (or even forgotten) an earlier discussion.
>The discussion was not extremely long, but multi-faceted and not
>easy to summarize. I hope you can find it in the archives.
Snidely gave me the reference, thanks.
>people if they have missed (or even forgotten) an earlier discussion.
>The discussion was not extremely long, but multi-faceted and not
>easy to summarize. I hope you can find it in the archives.
musika
Oct 6, 2015, 4:38:39 PM10/6/15
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On 06/10/2015 20:41, Robin Bignall wrote:
Anyone got any idea of
> fazones? It seems in context to mean dollars.
>
Would it be "fazool" which can mean beans (fagioli) or money.
Anyone got any idea of
> fazones? It seems in context to mean dollars.
>
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Ray
UK
Robin Bignall
Oct 7, 2015, 4:17:15 PM10/7/15
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On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 21:38:46 +0100, musika <mUs...@NOSPAMexcite.com>
wrote:
That could be it, and I misheard. It certainly fits the context. Ta.
wrote:
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