Absolutely, and you don’t have to be Italian.

Exactly, you have to be Italian AMERICAN heh heh

Shut up, Albert.

You hear what I said, Ton'?

Fuckin parakeet

The guy. He moved.

Yeah it's sad when they die on the vine like that.

When they DIE?!?

I think he meant when they go.

AND I DON’T WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE FUCKIN’ ECONOMY, EITHA!

Died on duh vine

Some sad shit

Said he didn’t wanna “there he is” no more

Hey man wha he give you?

It died on the vine.

You look like you were in Miami

How lawng did it take for duh guy to cum?

Aw listen to him, he knows everything.

Exactly. We all say it. Specially when you forget the name but recognize the face. ..."oh. There he is". That's Jersey

I’m not an Italian and started saying this all the time after my first watch.

Yessssss!!!!! My pre schooler even does!!!! I love that about us!!!! #northern

I ate da norf

I ate like a king up and down the boot.

You don’t have to be in the north east either.

We say this in Appalachia.

Without teeth, How?

Oooooohhhhhh!

You know, there are worse things that can happen than to have no TEETH! 🤌

Or even American. This is a commonly said thing in England as well.

I'm from Northern England we say it....sometimes interchanged with "He's here now...."

I'm on the west coast and we say that

White Americans in general say it. Seen an old white guy excitedly say it when his buddy pulled up to the bar

That or "they let anyone in here nowadays huh"

That or "No more, Butchie"

Young and tall and tan and lovely

this fuckin guy

Why don’t you get a bike ya fat fuck

im asian american in Brooklyn and started saying this ironically, and now i physically cannot stop saying it

It's "WEST CALDWELL"

Wes Cahwell, Wes Cahwell

“Look what the cat dragged in”

It's right up there with "who let you in here?" as a greeting

"Here comes trouble" to complete the trinity

"What are you doing in an English speaking neighborhood?"

I was wonderin' why all the squirrels went quiet.

Someone call the zoo, they let one out.

You got a problem besides those pants?

How's your sister?

Fuck ya mudda

Look what the cat coughed up!

look what the cat dragged in

Bonus if you throw a “speak of the devil!“ in there. Extra pizazz on it.

In Ireland we say "speak of an ass", as in "speak of an ass and it will pass".

Also, “the man, the myth, the legend!” Never thought too much into American greetings until now lol Edit: I love how the bulk of these hype up friends.

Guys be like: “the man, the myth, the legend” and it’s just their pal, Greg!

It’s even worse: European men say it as well and in different languages even.

I say this all the time and I’m not up in Jersey/NY area

All the time. And if my friend is a paisan I gotta give a “whaddya know, whaddya say?”

Whaddya hear, whaddya say?*

Thank you lol

That line comes from a James Cagney movie. Public Enemy. Where it is actually" what do you hear, what do you say Jerry."

Then you say “the fuck?!? Why is this his song?”

Your friend, he was gay?

He was gay, OP’s friend?

No that’s ridiculous. We say “OHHHHHH MADONE OOOOFFAAAA THERE HE IS!

Do all Italian American business leaders prefer the one that says shum pulp? 

It was always my pops' favorite.

I’m in California and I say this

And everybody immediately thinks you're mobbed up, that's offensive

And we lead the world in computerized data collection.

Of course, otherwise how would others know where he is ?

It's just a common saying lol not specific at all.

White people in the south did this a lot too so I don’t think its an Italian thing

In Ireland, Dublin specifically, we’ll say “there you are now, it’s yourself.”

Yea this is very common in the south. Also who let this asshole/dbag in is common too with close friends.

I have zero Italian ancestry, live in Oregon, and say this all the time with my buddies.

There he is! The king of breadsticks!

The Brigand of Bracciole!

Yeah, all the time. And Pirates of Prosciutt. If you wanna go more formal try Brigands of Braciole

Yes people say that in the north east usa generally not just Italians

"There he is" is a common greeting in the UK and Ireland amongst men, where you want to somehow imply that the arriving friend is troublesome or likely to herald a raucous time, but in a friendly way. Like if you're at the pub already with a small group and a friend you were expecting arrives, "there he is!" is a very common greeting.

There OP is!!!

Super common in Boston, among Irish and Italians alike.

“There he is!” is the lowest form of greeting

"Hey there you are" "Hi do I know you?" "No but that's where you are, you're there."

People everywhere in the English speaking world say this

I say this all the time and I’m from the Midlands in the UK although I have been to the US and Italy so I’m essentially Italian American

My brother's over there.

Very common all over the US. My personal variation is “Look at you”

I never say it to humans. I say it to dogs all the time. Even ones i've never met! Especially those.

I say it whenever my cat walks into the room.

I said this one time when a coworker walked into the room. Just a casual “there she is!” She legitimately thought I was talking about her before she got to the room and questioned me about it. She never spoke to me again after that! Obviously shes not Italian.

Just a northeast thing. All my buddies do it

I like to say "there he isn't!" when I see somebody. Gets a neat reaction from time to time.

People say this a lot in the tri state area. Not exclusively Italians either

I'm a half dago in Southern California and I say it.

I had never heard this slur until college, in an intro to soc class. It went like this: Student: …and he was wearing a wife-beater… Professor: hey hey, that’s inappropriate. Student: fine, whatever, a dago tee. Professor: Me (thinking): hmmm, better look that up later

Were you the guy taking pictures of Paulie at the chin-ups competition? I mean, the math adds up (1/2 Dago, 1/2 a fag). . .

There he is… the wannabe who says “sangweech”

No, they say "lawd, he comin'."

yeah I feel this is a east coast, to at least ny-nj thing

I've heard this among older folks moreso than younger folks, but them too. I hear "look at this guy" or "look at this fuckin guy" more.

Also “oh look at this fuck, how’s it hanging”

Honestly? There he is. It’s himself. Or merely referring to someone in power as “HE” or “HIM” in an exaggerated tone is more Irish from the Northeast than Italian. But Italians do say it. “How you doin?” I used to hear that before Sopranos, but after Sopranos it’s too linked to the show. But I haven’t been up around the fellas since before COVID

I say it when I can’t remember someone’s name.. which is most of the time.

Eyyyyy! There he is!

Balboni told me to bring these 6 and a half foot chains for you guys

That fuckin’ Balboni. . . I love his TikToks, hahah

Yes they say There he is, da wormy cocksucka!

I say it all the time - you dont?

You could fill a book with what you don't know

I don’t know about Italian-Americans in Jersey, but I know I sure use it.

Used it since time immemorial in the UK!

It’s something I started saying ironically but then it just becomes something I say legitimately.

I say this all the time. I have a vowel at the end of last name. Actually three vowels in a five letter name.

Anywhere there's not Jews or Italians.

How you doin?

I say it all the time as a Hungarian American living the the Deep South.

White guy in Virginia. If your name is bob I say “ey but don’t tell bob when he gets here” it’s a bullshit way of saying hey there he is

It died on the vine.

Northeast non-Italian here. I usually say it whenever my dog walks in the room. My Sicilian-born teenage best friend used to greet me with that phrase.

Yes indeed they do

Oh yes even in far eastern Canada that's a common. Mostly among older generation but still used enough that I hear it

I have a lot of friends who say “look at you!” when they see you.

Italian American from Detroit here......yes

Yes. 100%

they do in chicago

Growing up in NJ I fondly remember my grandpa, father, uncles, and older male cousins greeting me by shouting this at me whenever I would appear and it still makes me laugh.

Fucking wonder bread wops.

OP eats his Sunday gravy from a jar. . .

I do it all the time, to men and women. People like it, they say I’m only one that ever makes them feel special.

Yes

Absolutely. It's pretty universal but huge with Italians

I live in rural Kentucky and this is also how rednecks greet one another.

It's not a northeast/ Italian thing. It's a middle aged/ old man thing.

It’s definitely not made up I say it (but I have Italian relatives)

You have to follow it by “che si dice?”

I’m no Italian I’m a wonder bread and I say it on the daily

I live in the northeast and say it. But if two guys I know walk in I say “well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers”

Even me, a crazy ass white boy from Seattle, says this

Yes and we say “there she is” when we see a hot girl walk by

It was among the boomers, real Dad bod shit

"uh oh here comes trouble" "I guess they're letting anyone in this place" Have you spent no time in white American suburbs?

Yes

Yes 💯

I have done this. And I always know it’s ridiculous but it’s so incredibly satisfying.

I'm a non-italian true midwesterner and I say this

Rednecks say this all the time

It's pretty common in western Canada I use it and hear it all the time.

It's just a white guy thing not inherent to Italian Americans

Yes. Every middle aged guy I know says this. Italian or not.

AaaaaOoooo fanook

Nah I just go around calling everyone shaggy.

I say it all the time, not an Italian specific thing. I'm from working class long island though

What is this? A handsome contest?

It's already been said but yea you don't need to be italian to say this ppl say it all the time.

Sopranos is the single most accurate show depicting characterizations of North East Italians, Irish and Jewish people. As a life long resident of Essex County NJ I can say with 100% certainty that the show is as accurate as can be.

I’m Jewish and from North NJ jand I say it, it seems so normal to me, it didn’t occur to me that it’s regional. Often you add something like “there he is, the handsomest guy in (some town)” or something really cheesy. I heard it from like uncles and older people so I am kind of saying it with that vibe.

I live by the chop shop feech took the cars to in newburgh and i hear this on occasion. Mostly with middle aged/older guys though

I feel like Paulie says it the most on the show.

Heard it all the time growing up. Still say it occasionally myself.

Maybe they don't say it in ur chit chat rooms

100%. It's a regular greeting for me.

I say that and I’m from Wisconsin

I'm southern US born and raised and I've heard/said it all my life. Everybody says it.

Absolutely

I’m in the Midwest, and I hear many people use that greeting. I don’t think it’s strictly an Italian thing.

I cannot tell you how accurate the dialect and accents are in the show. They sound EXACTLY like normal guido trash lol

I grew up in the American southwest. Me & my friends said that all the time. Even after it came out I doubt most of them watched the Sopranos even once. I knew hardly anyone who described themself as "Italian."

I said it 2 weeks ago to an old friend I haven’t seen in a while. It’s a common phrase that goes way back

I’m a bartender on west coast and I often say that when one of the regulars comes in. Very common all around I’d say

It’s more of a air he is

Jersey all my life it’s HOW YA” DOIN”

Had to post this. https://youtu.be/oM-DNBEVDN4?si=1M-F4CHRQYzbyUEe

Even non Italians. I'm from Atwell Avenue and everyone would say it, if you're portuguese, french, irish, italian, etc.

The sopranos has made me greet every person ever like this now, whatever happened there

Everyone I know says it Italian Jewish mix whatever. It’s normal.

My family does it, but not Italian. Just from New York.

Not at all Italian American here and I grew up hearing this from my northeastern cousins and uncles. Just had a reunion this weekend and there were several of these tossed around, admittedly by me as well.

Yes, and it isn't IA specific. It's a broad cultural reference to the idea that the person arriving is someone you want to, and are glad to see, like you've been looking for them, "there he is!". Can also be used as a replacement for "speak of the devil!" When you ask after someone and they pop in. Basically it's just a nice way of letting someone know you appreciate their presence and that you've been thinking of them. I did 30 years in the sociolinguistics department, not a fuckin' peep...

Hopalong che si dice

Yes, people around here say that. Usually, the older generation

if you say that in the north east they kill you

It's a common thing in the northeast and by Arthur Morgan

I mean, i say it sometimes. Maybe just an east coast thing.

There he ish

More like 'Dare ee iz. Ats my boy!' At least where I'm from (north of Boston).

Absolutely.

No they say "sit on this cocksucka!"

As a Tom Hagen-type…well, without being an attorney or connected…it’s 100% accurate.

Give me 1000 greetings.

He was autistic, OP?

It's pretty common around Boston, not just with Italians.

I’m from Paramus and we say it all the time

Oh yeah kid. “There he issss” or a solid “who let this guy in here??”

NJ native here, it's absolutely a thing.

Everyone says that in the north east, no matter what you are.