He is great theatre and prestige and ratings.
by ferndog (2022-01-10 22:26:06)
Edited on 2022-01-10 22:28:27

In reply to: Jose handled the loss well...  posted by iudomer


The Romans in particular are having fun with the nickname “Special One”. They have combined the two words into “specialone”, which is pronounced “spe-schia-lone-eh”. “…lone” and “…uccio” added on to a name are a way of saying big “…one” or little (…uccio).

For example, my name is Fernando, for short it’s Nando. But as a little kid or a small guy in stature, you could be called Nanduccio. (Nahn-dooch-oh). So the “Specialone” is like “big Special”, “really big special one”. It’s very funny in Italian.

There’s a graffiti/ street art/ pop-art painting of Jose riding a Vespa on a wall in Rome. It has become a tourist attraction; kind of like a Banksy that you can take your photo with. It’s very cool. Google “Mourinho Vespa”.