pippinu
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Location | Australia |
| Introduction | Pippinu (diminutive of Pippu) is my name. "Pila" (plural of "pilu" ) is a sicilian word that means "hair", but which is used in a variety of idiomatic expressions to denote whinging or complaining, e.g. "attaccari pila" or "circari pila" - to look hard for pretexts or to whinge or to split hairs (literally pulling or looking for hair); "aviri certi pila" - to have extravagant tastes (literally to have certain hairs); "pila nn'havi quantu na scecca" - said of one who has never ending complaints (literally he has as much hair as a donkey) |
| Interests | Humanity, football, Sicilian language, culture and history |
| Favorite movies | The Blues Brothers, Magnolia, Kaos, The Leopard |
| Favorite music | Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, Bad Company, Bowie, Beethoven, Beatles, Beach Boys, The Band, Bessie Smith, Blue Oyster Cult, Jeff Beck, anything starting with "B" |
| Favorite books | The Leopard, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the poetry of Nino Martoglio |