English word "street" - pronounced s-treeh-tah" (its pronunciation is the same of the word that in Sicilian language means "narrow") tupicu - sicilianisation of English word "toothpick" - pronounced too-pee-koo" Many children of Sicilian immigrants will often confuse actual Sicilian words for Siculish. This will especially occur where both the Sicilian and English languages have basically the same word derived from Norman. For example, the following are Sicilian words that could be mistaken for being Siculish: anciòva means "anchovy", trubbulu means "trouble", damaggiu means "damage", raggia means "rage", tastari means "to taste" and truppicari means "to trip" - but they are examples of Sicilian and English words with the same Norman derivation. See also Itanglese, a macaronic combination of English and the standardized Italian language References External links Macaronic forms of English Sicilian language Sicilian-American culture Italian language in the United States Italian-American culture in New York City Bensonhurst, Brooklyn Gravesend, Brooklyn