The city in which Monty Waters was born is Italian for what word?
Modesto, California Modesto (Italian for "modest"), officially the City of Modesto, is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, it is the 18th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Modesto-Merced combined Statistical Area. The Modesto Census County Division, which includes the cities of Ceres and Riverbank, had a population of 312,842 as of 2010 .
Spasell Spasell is a slang of Insubric language, spoken until the 19th century by inhabitants of Vallassina, when they used to go out from the valley for business and they didn't want to be understood by the people. It is characterized by code-words conventionally defined basing on characteristics of the thing or on onomatopeias; other words have an unknown origin. It has been noted by Carlo Mazza, vicar of Asso, in his book "Memorie storiche della Vallassina" of 1796. He informs us that several slangs have been created in the time, because in the time the words were introduced in the current language, reducing the differences between "official" language and "secret" language. After a list of terms, the vicar proposes, as example, the translation of "Pater Noster" in this language, evidencing that it's totally incomprehensible also by the Insubric speakers. There are various similar or identical slangs in many localities of Insubria, like Valtellina and Milan. Some Spasell words have been adsorbed by the common language, for example "lòfi" (see Spasell "loffi"=bad), used in northern Brianza to indicate a "so and so" person, or "scabbi", used also by Carlo Porta in the poem "Brindes de Meneghin a l'Ostaria" to refer to wine, in alternation with "vin".