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 … [Read more...]
A Curious Inconsistency
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 … [Read more...]
Man of Roma
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 … [Read more...]
An Interesting Italian Word: Furbo
I suspect that Gege’ Bau, who commented on one of my posts recently, may know something about the meaning of the Italian word 'furbo'. In case you did not know, it means crafty, clever, … [Read more...]
Sayings and phrases
Being infinitely curious, as I am, I find this site eternally interesting: Sayings and Phrases. You might too. … [Read more...]