(Ciao! America, La Bella Figura). He believes in seeking, where reasonable, to use Italian words when speaking Italian. But, even he is not doctrinaire: regarding computer he says: combattenderlo si rischia di fare una figura da francesi: fighting it, one risks making a Frenchman of oneself.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Okay
There is no K in the Italian alphabet. (No J, W, X or Y, either). But one of the most common words out of the Italian mouth is Okay. And in keeping with the amazingly consistent Italian rules of pronunciation, each vowel sound is articulated, so Okay has roughly 3 syllables. (And, by the way, Ciao! if pronounced correctly, has two.) Unlike the French, the Italians are fairly happy to adopt English words. I'm typing on il mio computer, posting su l'Internet. The William Safire of Italy is Beppe Severgnini(Ciao! America, La Bella Figura). He believes in seeking, where reasonable, to use Italian words when speaking Italian. But, even he is not doctrinaire: regarding computer he says: combattenderlo si rischia di fare una figura da francesi: fighting it, one risks making a Frenchman of oneself.
(Ciao! America, La Bella Figura). He believes in seeking, where reasonable, to use Italian words when speaking Italian. But, even he is not doctrinaire: regarding computer he says: combattenderlo si rischia di fare una figura da francesi: fighting it, one risks making a Frenchman of oneself.
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