Before this post I talked about how various English words have been absorbed into Italian, and if you want the read these observations click here. Today, I'm going to look at the effect of certain English words on Italians and why they have this effect.I use a couple of antiquated, possibly, … [Read more...]
When no news can be bad news
March 8, 2005 By Leave a Comment
If you have read this blog before, you may remember something about my son's 'swollen eye' problem. Well, we are living in a state of minor paranoia at the moment. Why? You may well ask. The reason for our worries is that the sophisticated CAT scan which the little one underwent has revealed nothing … [Read more...]
Giuliana Sgrena – The recently freed Italian hostage
March 7, 2005 By Leave a Comment
As regular readers will have no doubt observed I do not often make comments about things in the news, but I'm going to make an exception with regard to the Giuliana Sgrena case.Giuliana Sgrena you may remember is an Italian journalist who was taken hostage in Iraq by some group identified as … [Read more...]
Snow Joke.
March 6, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Milan had an attack of snow last week. The snow started first thing on Thursday and lasted all of two days. Now there is virtually none to be seen.As is often the case with places which are not used to snow, the white stuff caused quite a lot of chaos. Lots of minor accidents and those who had to … [Read more...]
Italglish or Italglese or Engliano or Ingliano!?!?
March 2, 2005 By 17 Comments
Italians Struggling to Learn English As some may know, Italians spend quite a lot of time and money trying to learn English. Some make good progress and others do not really pass 'the book is on the table' level of ability.I see something like 300 students a year, most of whom are between 23 and … [Read more...]
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