"Sicilians have a totally different way of doing privacy. The Italian language has no word for it. In an Italian-English dictionary, you are offered words which mean intimacy, isolation, or solitude as a translation for privacy. The Italian solution to this linguistic shortfall is simply to use the English word, pronounced very badly with an Italian accent: praaaivasee. It is a trendy buzz word in Sicily these days"

http://siciliangodmother.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/we-sicilians-want-some-privacy-capeesh/