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The Most Famous Obscenity in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jan 21, 2012 | Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

La parolaccia Bad Language It has become the oscenità (obscenity) heard round the world. After the shipwreck of a cruise liner (nave da crociera) off the Tuscan coast, an officer of the Italian Coast Guard, angered by the captain’s abbandono (abandoning) of his...

Shipwrecked in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jan 17, 2012 | Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  il naufragio shipwreck, total ruin The sight of a huge cruise ship (nave da crociera) lying on its side (su un fianco) in the water, as if sleeping (come addormentata), was startling enough. But I immediately recognized the island (l’isola) in the background:...
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