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...
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...
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...
