Goal.com: Giuseppe Rossi parla della sua vita italiana e americana, 16/06/2009

[XatruchJ8]

Italian is very easy to learn for us who speak spanish...

[Tiziano18]

Giuseppe rossi lippi cogilioneee

[rjsartor]

His American accent is Jersey/Italian dialect, the result of speaking Italian at home and New Jersey english dialect outside. He moved back to Italy at age 12 for 4 years so while he already was fluent in Italian from his parents who both taught the language it became even more natural. Then after his departure from england to Spain he became fluent in Spanish after already partially knowing it because his parents also taught Spanish in America, which means he can understand portugese too.

[alvaroeal16]

How's his Spanish?

[ichiban009]

@alvaroeal16 Good but with an italian accent.

[cielospree313]

his parents are from Italy and they are language teachers at Clifton High (a high school in Clifton, New Jersey) so he was most likely brought up with Italian and English. prayers go out to his family, his father recently passed away.

[CoryChiarelli]

How does a marvellous striker like this get left off the 2010 WC roster? Prandelli will do well to call him up and make him stay.

[bajamaja223]

Both his parents teach languages so I guess he has it in his blood

[marco10matteo]

no, he speaks impeccable italian ... he speaks it in such a way that there is no accent (the way someone who learns it) ie someone who never speaks it and learn to speak it perfectly. The flow of his words and grammar is perfect ...

Like most of us (children on italians who have spent time in italy and/or spoken standard non-dialect or american/canadian italian growing up)

[brianitis]

as is his English. in his English interviews he doesn't even speak with a British accent, he speaks like a Jersey boy.

[illiowa]

JUDAS!

[sandrinezidane]

Wow you guys are really pissed about him playing for Italy. I don't get it

[cPONTEGGI]

@illiowa non ha mai giocato per l'USA

[kafici]

so when he speaks in italian does he have an american accent???

[soNervig]

no, he has probably grown up biligual, so you learn to speak two languages without any accent. Like me :)

[d89mi]

he speaks very good italian but it still seems like he doesn't speak it fluently like a 'real' italian you know what i mean?

i'm half italian and i know how difficult it is to speak italian fluently

i don't wanna hate cause giuseppe speaks very good!

[sandrinezidane]

He speaks English the same way

[Fattaman]

He has a weird accent in English. It sounds American, but especially the "s" sounds weird. Maybe it's a New York Italian accent, I dunno.

[sandrinezidane]

I reckon it's cause he lived in England for a few years, it's very strange accent, it's not like what I pick out as a New Jersey accent

[natygoly]

@d89mi speaking another language it is very difficult; it is one of the most difficult things. What it is important is that he can speak it.

[rjsartor]

@d89mi no dont know what you mean. he is a 'real' italian

[brendawalsh9021o]

@kafici no in italian he doesn't have any american accent

[jpjo15]

il mio giocatore favorito...giuseppie rossi!