Over at Bleeding Espresso, Michelle wrote a lovely little piece on Italian words which when mispronounced can raise eyebrows. I meant to do something similar one day, but she beat me to it. Well worth reading, it is:top 5 italian words you really don’t want to mispronounceTechnorati Tags: Italian, … [Read more...]
Did You Know?
June 16, 2008 By 7 Comments
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...]
Burnt Midnight Oil
March 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A little while back I was asked to prepare a short two day workshop on how to write a press release in English for the Media Relations master at the business school where I often find myself.After burning copious amounts of that old midnight oil, I came up with such a course.The first time this … [Read more...]
A Curious Inconsistency
March 2, 2008 By 8 Comments
Don't ask me why my odd little mind ended up considering this, but the fact remains that in Italian the word 'giorno' - day, is a 'male' word, whereas the word for week - 'settimana' is female.I'm sorry, but I don't understand why this is the case.Italian is one of those languages, that, unlike … [Read more...]
Man of Roma
January 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Man of Roma writes a thoughtful blog. And he writes it very well, in my not so humble (see previous post) opinion. I wish I could write in Italian as well as he writes in English. One day, one day.He even knew Montezemolo and says he is a good chap. This is interesting because it goes some … [Read more...]
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