ma gavte. . .
Jim Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:14:00 -0400
Here's the full quote...
>From Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco. pp. 55-56 in the hardcover
"But sometimes Belbo, when he became really angry, lost his composure.
Since loss of composure was the one thing he could not tolerate in
others, his own was wholly internal -- and regional. He would purse his
lips, raise his eyes, then look down, tilt his head to the left, and say
in a soft voice: 'Ma gavte la nata.' For anyone who didn't know that
Piedmontese expression, he would occasionally explain: 'Ma gavte la nata.
Take out the cork.' You say it to one who is full of himself, the idea
being that what causes him to swell and strut is the pressure of a cork
stuck in his behind. Remove it, and phsssh, he returns to the human
condition."
Jim Rovira
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