Italian idiom

The Twitter Diaries: 2010-02-22 CO, SF, LA

February 22, 2010

Porgy gives me my money now – well, actually, Larry does. Or will soon. Whatever – I’ll be employed. # call them, if you wish… emotions – Learn Italian in Song: Emozioni http://bit.ly/aB7GVi # Had a skype video chat w the kid last night. She’s settling in to Aus and has fallen in love with [...]

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Learn Italian in Signs: Horses and Dogs

January 31, 2010

^ Milan billboard advertising a van: “Milanese Proverb. The master commands, the horse [he] trots.” ^ This sign on a train has been altered from “service rooms” to “torture rooms”. ^ I don’t remember where I took this picture, but it says “Dogs have the right to make dirty [poop], masters have the duty to [...]

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Learn Italian in Signs

January 30, 2010

Piazza Gambara, Milano Vorrei svegliarti ogni mattina con un bacio – “I’d like to wake you every morning with a kiss.” This sign mysteriously appeared on a bus stop in Lecco. I haven’t seen any others like it, and have no idea who’s responsible, whether it’s one it a series…? It says: “When you take [...]

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Everyday Italian: Signs of the Times

January 29, 2010

^ Occasione means “For sale, great deal!” (And no wonder…) ^ June 14, 2006 – This new shop in Lecco is “opening soon” (prossima = soon or next, apertura = opening [noun]). But maybe it’ll close soon after? ^ English education in Italy clearly never includes proper use of the apostrophe (a common mistake among [...]

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