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Renewing the Italian Language

by DHales | Nov 18, 2011 | Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Politics, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Nuove parole per una nuova Italia New Words for a New Italy It’s a new day in Italy, the end of an era (la fine di un’era) and the beginning of the “dopoSilvio” (after Silvio). On November 12, which some have dubbed La Festa della Liberazione (the feast of the...

velina

by DHales | Jul 31, 2009 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Television, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

velina tissue paper, showgirl on Italian TVWhen the first in a series of sex scandals involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi broke a few months ago, I puzzled over a word blazoned across the headlines of the Italian papers: velina, which my...
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