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Aloha Means Ciao in the Italian Language

by DHales | Mar 16, 2018 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Aloha, ciao Hello, goodbye Both Italian and Hawaiian use a single word for hello and goodbye: ciao and aloha. But that’s not all these two belle lingue have in common. Rich in vowels, lyrical and lovely to listen to in local melodies (preferably on a moonlit beach in...

Honoring a Landmark of the Italian Language

by DHales | Jun 3, 2017 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  After more than a thousand years, the Placito di Capua, one of the monuments in the history of the Italian language, is receiving some long-overdue recognition: a cippo (a pillar with an inscription) in the town where it was created in the year 960, Italian’s...

Seven Years of Celebrating the Italian Language

by DHales | May 13, 2016 | Books, culture, Education, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Happy Birthday to La Bella Lingua! This week marks two milestones for La Bella Lingua : the seventh anniversary of its publication in 2009 and its appearance as #8 on the New York Times E-Book Best Seller List.  I cannot think of a nicer –- or...
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