Fellow Italian here. I don't know about antirez, but the key for me was moving abroad. Not even to an English speaking country, but to a place - namely, Berlin

Fellow Italian here. I don't know about antirez, but the key for me was moving abroad. Not even to an English speaking country, but to a place - namely, Berlin - where Global English is the lingua franca. Then, if you're lucky, you'll end up with a partner from another country, and maybe English will be the official language of your relationship. My partner is Australian, so I guess I won the language-fluency lottery, but that's another story. As Salvatore points out in his essay, you can be exposed to Internet English as much as you want, but if you live in a country like Italy there's no way you're learning day-to-day English. First, because most probably no-one in your circle of physical friends would speak English; second, because Italian is so much better at nuances, especially when it comes to anything that has to do with food, cooking, feelings, and emotions.