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Dottore? isn't his name Marcello Clerici ?

posted 16 years ago by tinkerchel
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why did Manganiello call him by the name Dottore?

[–] MarxBrosFan 16 years ago

'doctor' of philosophy. Manganiella was impressed by his university degree I supppose. 'Dottore in filosofia'.

[–] tinkerchel 16 years ago

oh i see:D it's in italian. thank you so much for clearing that up for me, MarxBrosFan.

[–] kincaid-5 14 years ago

Apparently, in Italy anyone with a university degree is addressed as "dottore."

The significance is that Marcello wants to be addressed as "camarata," but Maganiello has him pegged as a coward and weakling -- and thus not a real Fascist -- so insists on using the civilian title.

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[–] McGwain 12 years ago

In Italian the term dottore can be used with the same meaning as sir, especially in the past.

A person didn't had to have a degree, it was enough to be someone's superior, for example

Source: I'm Italian