A recent conversation with my son:

"Dad, did you get more of those Italian candies in the city? What are they called? Putini?"

"You mean Puntini?"

"What did I say?"

"You said 'putini', and I think that means 'little prostitutes'."

"What does 'puntini' mean, then?"

"Dots"

"What's the difference?"

"The letter N."