In Italian, the word for 'cat' is 'gatto', whereas in Latin, or rather, ancient Italian, the word for 'cat' was 'cattus'. This means that the English language word for 'cat' is closer to Latin than the modern Italian word 'gatto'.Curious what you come across whilst researching the differences … [Read more...]
Oh, Go On – Send Me Press Releases
June 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Well, why not? If you have anything to do with something Italian, or related to Italy, an event for example, then do let me know, and I'll write a post about it. I'm especially interested in events that are a little different and original, but I'll consider anything anyone is kind enough to send … [Read more...]
Good News!
June 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I nearly forgot about this.The other day, an Italian reader wrote to the E-Polis free newspaper to, in a way, stand up for immigrants in Italy.This reader had lost his mobile phone, but then, luckily, the police called him to say that it had been handed in to them. When this person asked who had … [Read more...]
Good News? What Good News?
June 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
After writing recently about plenty of bad things going on in Italy at the moment, today I tried to find something a little less negative to write about.However, after trawling the 'Italia' section of Google News, and having seen headlines referring to knifings, murders, drug dealers, road … [Read more...]
Five Full Posts
June 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Of the eight people who found, and, kindly, voted, six stated that they would prefer to see full posts on the front page of this blog, so, here you are. There are now 5 full posts for all to see, and read.In case you were interested, I used the post extracts to cram as much as possible onto the … [Read more...]
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