TEXTING FROM TURIN.Byline: - Paul Oberjuerge I don't speak much Italian, but I love listening to it. It's a fun language: rhythmic, lyrical, colorful. Somebody can call you the nastiest things, in Italian, and it still sounds like music to an American's ears. Tuh-DA-da, tuh-DA-da, tutti tut·ti Music adv. & adj. All. Used chiefly as a direction to indicate that all performers are to take part. n. pl. tut·tis 1. ! It's a fairly regular language. Nouns always end with vowels. Letters always make the same sounds. None of that crazy English Crazy English (Chinese: 疯狂英语) is a brand name related to a untraditional method of learning English in mainland China conceived by Li Yang. Li believes that the traditional way of learning English in China is ineffective. spelling. Accents almost always are on the second-to-last syllable. A foreigner can speak from an Italian text and do a decent job of it. Try that in French. It also is a bewitching be·witch tr.v. be·witched, be·witch·ing, be·witch·es 1. To place under one's power by or as if by magic; cast a spell over. 2. To captivate completely; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. language. What American woman wouldn't have her head turned by some hunky hun·ky 1 n. pl. hun·kies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe. carabinieri The Carabinieri are the military police of Italy. Because they police both military and civilian populations, they are a gendarmerie force. Carabinieri is Italian for Carabiniers, but the Italian word is used as the common name for this force in English. whispering ``bella signora!'' in her ear? American men probably can be talked into killing a stranger by an Italian woman doing that little-girl pout and saying, ``per favore, mi amore!'' Some English-speakers claim French is the most beautiful language. No way. Too many French words come out of the nose. Italian beats French to death. Italians have told me Spanish is the most beautiful language. Nope. I'd rather listen to an Italian giving directions to the post office than a Francophone or Spaniard professing her undying love. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: - Daron Rahives, on the conditions the U.S. skier from Truckee looks forward to today, when he goes for gold in the men's downhill. Box: THEY SAID IT |
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