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Three Days of Christmas Feasts in Italy

by DHales | Dec 22, 2018 | Books, culture, Food and Drink, Games, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Le Tre Feste di Natale  The Three Christmas Feasts  Most families in Italy begin celebrating il Natale on the evening of December 24 (la vigilia di Natale) with a big dinner. Because Christmas Eve is a vigilia di magro (a day of abstinence on which the...

The Winter Olympics in the Italian Language

by DHales | Feb 19, 2018 | culture, Games, Italy, Language, Sports, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

I Giochi Olimpici The Olympic Games Once again the Olympics are underway, reminding us of their power to bring people together and create ties among them (il potere di riunire le persone e creare legami tra loro). The Winter Olympics (Olimpiadi invernali) in the host...

Talking about the Olympics in the Italian Language

by DHales | Aug 5, 2016 | Books, culture, Games, history, Italy, Language, Sports, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

I Giochi Olimpici The Olympic Games The Olympics have the power to bring people together and create ties among them (il potere di riunire le persone e creare legami tra loro). To encourage communication among people of different countries and...

April fool–or fish–in the Italian language

by DHales | Mar 31, 2015 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Games, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

il pesce d'aprile April fool  According to legend, a raven on Noah’s ark set off on April 1 to search for a sign that the flood waters had receded, but it never returned. Others trace the madcap holiday back to the year 1564, when Pope Gregory...

Soccer and Shame in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jun 28, 2010 | Current Affairs, Games, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Sports, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

 vergogna shame “VERGOGNA!” the headlines in the Italian papers screamed as the Azzurri (The Blues), defending champions, exited the 2010 World Cup in the first round. Everyone—including the players themselves—seemed to agree that they had brought...

faccia, viso, volto

by DHales | Apr 8, 2009 | Games, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

faccia, viso, voltoface    A face is a face in English.  You wash it in the morning, put a smile on it throughout the day, and display it along with your friends’ on Facebook. In Italian a face can be una faccia, un viso, or...
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