Hi folks, Newspapers are always a mine of information if you are looking for a way of saying and wordplays. After the Donald Trump victory in the US presidential elections, the Italian newspaper Il Tempo published this Attaccateve al Trump is a way of saying and wordplay in Roman slang at the same time.
Il Tempo is an oriented right wing newspaper located in Rome and seemed to really appreciate the victory of the Tycoon. First of all take a look at the imperative verb Attaccateve instead of Attaccatevi ( You, cling to sth or hang on sth). Then the wordplay Trump which plays with the pronunciation Tram. You know, in Italy we don’t have a proper accent like native speakers so the sound of the words Trump and tram are really similar for us Attaccatevi al Trump (tram), literally: hold on to the tram means: now it’s your problem or, if you want, you’re fucked up. I know you’re a bit confused at least, what does the tram have to do with it? It seems that a long time ago trams had protrusions and late passengers could grab them and jumping on the tram. In the end not the best place to have a trip, so the way of saying: if you’re on late you have to accept it and do it on your own way. In this contest the wordplay Attaccatevi al Trump means: you thought Trump would never had the chance of victory, you laughed at him, now it’s your problem, deal with it.
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