goopaline or ? =hat

[Sally Donlon]

Or, my favorite: na'bleedon (for Neopolitan).

sally donlon



Sam Clements wrote:

> To reply to/add to my own question:
>
> Here's the original thread from the Straight Dope.
>
> http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281940
>
> And the answer can possibly/probably be found there.
>
> "I'm pretty sure that meowpossum has it right and that it's a New York / New
> Jersey (think Tony Soprano!) pronunciation of cappellino.
>
> Italian-Americans in the Northeast USA arrived predominantly from Southern
> Italy (Naples, Calabria, Sicily), where there is a tendency to drop the
> final vowel (or make it a schwa at most) rather than pronounce it fully as
> in Northern Italy. Other differences between what is considered "Standard"
> Italian (i.e. Northern) and the NY-NJ pronunciation are the pronunciation
> shifts "o->oo", "k->g", and "zz (ts)-> soft z".
>
> Manicotti -> Manigott'
> Mozzarella -> Moozarell' (or even Moozadell')
> Cannoli -> Ganool' (cf meowpossum's friend's guh-NOL)
> Calamari -> Galamad',
>
> hence Cappellino -> Goopalin' is not too much of a stretch. Google doesn't
> show it because it's not a proper spelling, thus presumably rarely written,
> although one can find a few entries for "Manigott" and "Moozadell" (the
> latter mainly because one of the episodes of The Sopranos is called The
> Telltale Moozadell).
>
> In Italy itself, "Cappellino" can be used to refer to a baseball-style cap.
> Since New York Italians already have a term for "baseball cap", it's
> possible that the reference shifted to a wool cap with pom-pom as in the
> OP."
>
> Sam Clements
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:35 PM
> Subject: goopaline or ? =hat
>
>
> Is there a wool hat with a pom pom that has a name that approximates my
> spelling---goopaline?
>
> I can't offer any help as to region, but it's not in OED or HDAS.
>
> SC
>
>