Comments on: Learn Italian in Song: Fossi Figo http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/30/learn-italian-in-song-fossi-figo/ Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, and the world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deirdre Straughan http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/30/learn-italian-in-song-fossi-figo/comment-page-1/#comment-234732 Deirdre Straughan Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:52:26 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/?p=11663#comment-234732 ps As you can probably tell, I love examining how language reflects culture. ps As you can probably tell, I love examining how language reflects culture.

]]> By: Deirdre Straughan http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/30/learn-italian-in-song-fossi-figo/comment-page-1/#comment-234731 Deirdre Straughan Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:51:46 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/?p=11663#comment-234731 Glad you like it. If you look closely, you'll see that I get a lot more down and dirty on how Italians talk on this site: http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/tag/italian-slang-and-idiom/ ...it appears to be what I'm most famous for, currently the #1 result on Google for "Italian slang". Glad you like it. If you look closely, you’ll see that I get a lot more down and dirty on how Italians talk on this site: http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/tag/italian-slang-and-idiom/

…it appears to be what I’m most famous for, currently the #1 result on Google for “Italian slang”.

]]> By: Matteo http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/30/learn-italian-in-song-fossi-figo/comment-page-1/#comment-234681 Matteo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:39 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/?p=11663#comment-234681 AMAZING (Ok, I admit, I'm a EelST fan)!!! Simona's right: Gianni Morandi sings in the song, alternating with Elio. For an instance, please close listen to "If I were hot every day I’d be in the gym" down to "and experimentation that helps us with our look". That's why he appears in the video. Thank you very much for the bravery of posting EelST as a vivid sample of how Italians really talk. That's much more intriguing than usual school-fashioned vocabulary! AMAZING (Ok, I admit, I’m a EelST fan)!!!

Simona’s right: Gianni Morandi sings in the song, alternating with Elio. For an instance, please close listen to “If I were hot every day I’d be in the gym” down to “and experimentation that helps us with our look”. That’s why he appears in the video.

Thank you very much for the bravery of posting EelST as a vivid sample of how Italians really talk. That’s much more intriguing than usual school-fashioned vocabulary!

]]> By: Simona http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2010/01/30/learn-italian-in-song-fossi-figo/comment-page-1/#comment-234038 Simona Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:28 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/?p=11663#comment-234038 I give you the reason why Gianni Morandi appears in this video: he sings in the song together with Elio! I give you the reason why Gianni Morandi appears in this video: he sings in the song together with Elio!

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