| When dining in Italy, there is one thing you will | | | | inability to travel, no radio or TV until the |
| notice right off la cucina locale, which means the | | | | twentieth century and the attempt to maintain |
| local cuisine. This is not unlike here in our own | | | | their cultural heritage and independence. |
| country. If you live in Texas, you will find on the | | | | The dialects have many distinct qualities, which |
| menu of most restaurants an entrée called | | | | distinguish them from others. Just as an example |
| "Chicken Fried Steak". Once you cross the Texas | | | | the Neapolitan dialect is the most widely known |
| state border, you will not find "Chicken Fried | | | | because of its use in popular songs. The speakers |
| Steak" almost anywhere else in the country. In | | | | of this dialect clip the articles to single vowels. In |
| Italy every region has their own specialty and | | | | Romanesco the letter "r" replaces the letter "l", so |
| methods of preparing the dish, which will depend | | | | instead of pronouncing the word volta meaning |
| on the season, the local produce and any other | | | | once, they would pronounce the word as vorta. |
| ingredients. So it stands to reason most regions | | | | In all the regions of Italy schoolchildren learn the |
| have their own accent, dialect and sometimes | | | | standard Italian and sometimes their regional |
| their own language. | | | | dialect also. What is now known as the standard |
| The various languages and dialects have evolved | | | | Italian has evolved from the Tuscan dialect. It |
| over centuries and remained distinct from the | | | | started from to the common language of Italy. |
| standard Italian for several reasons, such as the | | | | |