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Giving Thanks in Italian

by Dianne Hales | Nov 24, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, history, Italian language, Italy, Language, Leonardo da Vinci, Sayings and expressions, Thanksgiving, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Italians don’t observe the all-American holiday of Thanksgiving (la festa del ringraziamento). There are Italian words but no cultural equivalents for the day when the Pilgrim fathers and the American natives came together to celebrate the harvest  in the New World....

The Secrets of Good Health in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jan 20, 2017 | Books, Health, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  Un invito alla salute An Invitation to Health Through much of my career as a journalist and author, I've written about health (la salute). (Here's the latest edition of my college health textbook, An Invitation to Health.) Along the...

10 Reasons to Fall in Love with the Italian Language (Part 1)

by DHales | Feb 24, 2011 | Italy, Language, Romance, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

     L'Italiano Italian won me over at first "Ciao!" Over the last quarter-century, I have devoted countless hours and effort—enough, if applied to more practical pursuits, for the down payment on a villa in Umbria—to the wiliest of...

The Art of Being Clever in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jun 3, 2010 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

furbocunning or crafty personOnly after years of visiting Italy did I realize that Italians admire rather than disdain a furbo, someone who can pull off a clever deception. “Che furbetto!” a young mother exclaimed rather proudly when her son shifted the blame for a...

Crazy in Love with the Italian Language

by DHales | Apr 8, 2010 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

   Una Studentessa Matta   A Crazy Student  Today’s guest blog is by Melissa Muldoon (above), a graphic designer in San Francisco and mother to three boys and a beagle. Like me, Melissa, although senza una goccia di...
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