The omnipresent SPQR is translated by locals as “Sono porchi questi romani!” (these romans are pigs) in reference to the dirty city.

in reality, Romans are warm and full of life. Once you get used to the dialect!

In Roma, they don’t use the italian “il” for “the” but pronounce everything “Er”

so, it’s Er colisseo, not Il Colisseo.

and, while in Tuscany the OH! that is uttered to gather one’s attention, in Rome it’s AHH-OH!

Very Roman.