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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:11 PM
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Who speaks Italian?
I am writing something that is discussing Italian wine.

At the end I want to say something in Italian like: Enjoy!

Any ideas?
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:12 PM
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1. Italians speak Italian.
And some others. At the end, say, "Salut!"
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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:13 PM
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4. Grazie!
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:16 PM
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8. De Nada.
I don't think that's Italian, though.
I used to date an Italian woman. Her dad made great wine.
And never pronounce it "eye-talilan."
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:14 AM
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34. Italians speka greek
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:10 AM
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36. Hey, whotsa amotter fa you?
:evilgrin:
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:12 PM
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2. Um, Italians speak it, I think.
How about "forza!"?
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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:13 PM
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5. I know what Salut means -- what's Forza?
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 PM
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20. Forza = Force...
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:31 PM
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22. so what does
Stugotts mean? Saw it on a windshield at Pizza shop
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:33 PM
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24. Not an Italian word... Or a badly misspelled one. I have no idea...
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 11:33 PM by valis
You see all sorts of mangled Italian words in the US...
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:41 PM
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30. I asked a friend
he didnt know but said it was on Tony Sopranos boat
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:48 PM
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32. Could be a dialect... Not sure...
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 07:51 AM
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37. Stugotts=Neapolitan slang for balls
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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:32 PM
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23. Like may the force be with you? How does that apply to my quest?
Maybe I am just not getting it.
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:36 PM
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26. You need to say "Salute!"... That is what you need...
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 11:37 PM by valis
"Forza: has nothing to do with it...
Note that it is spelled with an "e" at the end.
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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:40 PM
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28. Thank you thank you thank you!
This is going on a commercial wine label actually. So I really appreciate it. I thought Salute might be OK, but not speaking the language, I was not sure if it was an actual Italian colloquial phrase. Or just an Americanism.
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:48 PM
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31. Yup, "Salute!" is appropriate... In bocca al lupo! :)
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:12 PM
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3. I don't
:shrug:
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:15 PM
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7. Mafia, spaghetti, Mama mia, lasagna, Bo fungoo, De Niro . . .
This isn't rocket science!

B-)
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:15 PM
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6. Chiedimi qualsiasi cosa. Ti rispondero'.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:17 PM
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9. It looks good, but what's it mean?
I'm an ignorant, one-language Amurrican.
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:22 PM
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13. Eh, non mi sorprende...
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:23 PM
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16. That's it. I'm gonna learn Gaelic.
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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:18 PM
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11. Google translation: You ask whichever thing to me. Rispondero you '.
That makes sense.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:17 PM
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10. Ho dimenticato il mio italiano, pero
http://www.google.com/language_tools

might help (or, using that link: ha potuto aiutare)
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:21 PM
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12. Nooo! Come puoi dimenticare la tua lingua madre?
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:38 PM
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27. Learned it whle stationed there (well enough to help teach english to
the locals, and make a lot of friends). Unfortunately, that was in the 80's, and I've had no one to practice it with since then,
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:23 PM
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17. Anch'io n/t
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:24 PM
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18. Ciao! Skinner dovrebbe organizzare una sezione DU in italiano!
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 11:24 PM by valis
:D
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:40 PM
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29. I hate when that happens :/ n/t
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:22 PM
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14. Salute, or all vostra salute
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:22 PM
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15. Salute! Italiani all'estero, unitevi! :)
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smartvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 PM
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19. "When you're here, you're family." nt
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:28 PM
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21. molti anni fa, durante l'impero romano....
always my favorite clause to introduce the use of the perfect tense...

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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:35 PM
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25. As somebody else said: "salute!"
That would be appropriate.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:04 AM
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33. No and if anybody asks I've been here since five o'clock
;)
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:16 AM
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35. not me sorry :)
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