>> anthony: why? what accounts for cologne, some would say un-german relaxed and open style? one explanation might be the "dead-roman theory." i have suggested that the presence of long dead roman legions enriches the soil making for good wine and a propensity for frolicking and drinking that wine. it is, i hasten to add, an idiotic theory. but i want it to be true. cheers. maurizio arca here is german-italian. sort of. so, you've been represented to me as italian, but you're sardinian. >> maurizio: yes, i am. >> anthony: this is a whole different thing. >> maurizio: it is definitely. >> anthony: my father-in-law and his whole family are from nuoro. >> maurizio: really? >> anthony: so i am well familiar with sardinia, and i know that, you know, this is not a dialect, this is a language.