Neapolitan

No, it’s not Neapolitan Italian, but it may as well be. Yiddish, much like my Grandmother’s Neapolitan dialect of Italian, and some Spanish expressions have so much more than literal meaning. For many of the expressions I use in nightly parlance during the “Late Show” come from my experience having grown up in the multicultural stew that is our beloved part of the country...

Late Night members of the Rossi Posse can get befuddled by a variety of phrases I use during the course of the show. Words like “ahshpett”; “strunz” “shem” and a host of others too numerous to mention. So not to overload you with too much information, let me give you the background of where they come... Read More ... Read More ...

Late Night members of the Rossi Posse can get befuddled by a variety of phrases I use during the course of the show. Words like “ahshpett”; “strunz” “shem” and a host of others too numerous to mention. So not to overload you with too much information, let me give you the background of where they come...