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vuoi (vuole?) parlare italianese

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Alameda · 15/09/2012 16:49

please please I beg on my knees

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Annunziata · 31/10/2012 18:35

Madonna, ch'avvinimentu come le tempu!

Cassata is a cake, with ricotta and marzipan and candied fruits, mi penso che la dintista chiamari quannu iddu pensu di cassata Grin

Siiiii, granita is heavenly, ta la mattina fresca (O solleeee mioooo hehe), la mari, sole...

Alameda · 31/10/2012 20:17

domani vado a Roma buon ora, c'è una problema qui Angry ma mi piace molto, moltissimo, tutti except dei uomini. Eg: stasera am happy in la Feltrinelli con nice music, local band, then uno altro uomo persistent follows me up via Etnea, it's really not good, ho paura ancora, allora chiamo the nice tour guide from ieri and (grazie dio) he arrives in macchina subito, andiamo a la mia camera. He dimmi 'but wha' you expec', beautiful woman da sola?' non lo so, keep crying and he said I was 'a splendid girl, but like a child' Blush

next anni am supposed to stay one month, studio Italiano at federico second but I will need to toughen up, learn some better swear words or have a companion constantly :(

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Alameda · 31/10/2012 20:20

Plus side: caldo stasera and stopped raining at least!

sorry to always whinge, visited Italy a lot recently but never had so much trouble Confused but am usually with other people I suppose

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Alameda · 31/10/2012 20:24

on other plus side tour guide said 'I think you, 'ow you say arrabiata when I keees you ieri?' I said 'angry?' and he said, 'non ho fame, no, why, you want we 'ave heating now?' I was 'huh? Ma fa caldo?' and so on

Grin
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Annunziata · 31/10/2012 20:44

Grin at arrabiata, angry, fame, heating, caldo.

I'm sorry they have been so bad. I hope tonight wasn't too awful.

Alameda · 31/10/2012 21:03

It's just that's it's been ogni giorno, these things do happen everywhere to everyone but it seems a particular problem for me, right here where I want to be! Possibly tonight I got scared more easily because of the one who got angry and pinned me against the wall the other day.

Maybe have been unlucky or maybe something a bit wrong with me? This didn't happen in Siracusa, ortigia, Milan, Genova (thinking backwards over past year or so) Liguria, Toscana, Napoli, sorrento etc oh yeah, sardegna - friendly men but not gropey, crossing the line. I don't wear anything revealing or even very nice.

I don't know. It's not a stealth boast, has been upsetting but I can learn from it.

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Francagoestohollywood · 31/10/2012 21:18

Oh poor Alameda, how horrible for you.
I really don't know what to say. I guess there are stlll vast pockets of this awful macho mentality here in Italy, especially in some areas of the South, but I thought that they were decreasing, even given that there is an increasing number of independent women everywhere in Italy!
And to follow you in the street, that is bloody criminal!

I am so sorry. And no, it is not your fault or the way you are dressed. Che uomini di merda!

Annunziata · 31/10/2012 21:19
Shock

That is really upsetting. Are you sure you're okay? Do you have a ring you could stick on to pretend?

I don't know what to say :(

SplendidTopHat · 01/11/2012 00:17

Ma scusa to just burst in. Ma, sono in Italia, a Firenze so obviously molto felicita to be here. Mia Italiano seems to get peggio all the time.

Alameda · 01/11/2012 08:54

piacere etc :)

much much much better today, after a long lightning display lighting up montebeddu (? is that right?) for ages in the night, can't remember ever seeing anything so beautiful - funny how soothing a storm is

spero per nice oggi for tutti

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Francagoestohollywood · 01/11/2012 09:15

Ciao Splendid.

Alameda, sono contenta che oggi ti senta meglio. here's Wine to a lovely proseguimento di vacanza senza stalking men!

Adesso vado a farmi un bel bagno caldo, perché ho tutta la schiena indolenziata.
Oggi pomeriggio andiamo in campagna, ciao

Annunziata · 01/11/2012 14:46

Ciao a tutti!

Firenze, che bella. Come il tempu? Senti c'e bella a Roma ma Venezia e alluvione! (I hope Rosa is ok, she is there, isn't she?)

Ma a Glasgow fa friddu ma soli.

I am glad you are feeling better Alameda, you can finish the holiday on a good note :)

Arre la schiena Franca? Poverino, speriamo che la aria campagna aiuta.

Annunziata · 01/11/2012 14:49

PS DS2 e 3 annu coscrittu pi Movember, solo avi 17, ma iddi agustanu Grin

Alameda · 02/11/2012 12:10

I was thinking of doing MOVEMBER too, then when a strange man touches my chin (to tilt my head this way and that, remarking upon my exotic beauty haha) and delicately traces the line of my lips with the tip of his finger maybe he will cut himself on the stubble! Is it a Catanese peculiarity, nobody behaved like that in Siracusa.

Home now, but finished on a very mmmm note called Giovanni from Modica. We travelled to Rome together and he bought lunch for us. He is one of the more positive impressions of the area, and I do have lots and lots and lots of those. They can go into my nanowrimo novel.

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alexpolismum · 02/11/2012 12:31

Ciao a tutte!

Avevo dimenticato questo thread questi ultimi giorni. Sono stata un po' preoccupata con i problemi economici ed i tax hikes Sad.

Mio figlio ha detto un'altra volta "mamma", dunque andiamo meglio, siamo nella via vera!

Alameda, sorry to hear of your troubles. How horrible! I suppose you get sleazes everywhere.

Io non ho capito qualcosa - "Movember" - che cosa vuol dire???

Annunziata · 02/11/2012 16:15

Ciao a tutti! Cosa sunnu molto brutto, Alex? Speriamo che okay. Oh che beddu suona Mamma!

Sono contenta que ti godiva la vacanza a tuta, Alameda! You must be glad to be home now :)

Movember is growing a moustache for testicular cancer. Anch'io avi un baffi megghiu di mi figghi, haha. Alora, DS1 avia a beardy thing recently, it was SO WIERD. Mi bambino, cu beard!

Alameda · 02/11/2012 16:53

that's so sweet Alex, you must be bursting with pride and happiness! And now ha capita movember?

Si annunziata, ma soooo cold/friddu/fredo, got off plane and went 'fuck me' but adjusting now! Per favore per favore per favore recipes? Caponata, the sweet things, tutti (not ricci, will survive without them!)

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Alameda · 02/11/2012 16:56

I'm growing mine in self defence/contraception, not just for cancer

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Annunziata · 02/11/2012 17:33

Alora, I am bad at measurements though. So I use one aubergine, one onion, six big tomatoes, green olives, 2 little garlics, the same amount of olive oil and balsamic, capers, half a tablespoon each of oregano and basil, and you can use green peppers or celery too. I put sugar and salt and pepper in mine but some people do it differently, so you need to experiment. I fry the aubergine first, add the onion and peppers, then sugar, tomatoes, vinegar, then everything else. Now my mum cooks it really slow with the lid on for hours, but I think you can do it much quicker with the lid off, it will take about an hour altogether, 20 mins for frying the aubergine, then you leave it to dry a bit, 10 mins, five for the onion and peppers, another 10 for everything else, throw in the basil and oregano last and you'll know when it's ready.

Snort at baffi growing, but I'm getting to 'a certain age' and it's not funny...

Annunziata · 02/11/2012 17:35

You aren't making sense Nunzia! Argh. Alora- mamma cooks everything altogether for hours, I do it in stages. One of my cousins puts in red peppers and chilli flakes too, if you want a change.

Quali duci voi recipe?

alexpolismum · 02/11/2012 17:40

Grazie, Annunziata. Adesso ho capito cosa vuol dire "Movember! Penso che non ci sia modo di capire se lo fa o no il mio marito! Grin Spesso dimentica di shave. (rasare??).

L'economia greca e pronta a collapse completely, aspettiamo un voto nel parlamento che potrebbe far cadere il governo Sad Ecco la ragione per la preoccupazione!

E si, Alameda, I'm super proud of my ds2! He's showing more and more sign of understanding, too. [sticks out la lingua al dottore pessimista!] La ergotherapist e' stata un vero angelo, e' grazie a lei che siamo qua adesso!

Stasera voglio dimenticare i problemi del paese, e voglio bere un buon vino con formaggio e crackerbread. Il mio marito sta nella cucuna ad aprire adesso la bottiglia. Cheers! Wine

alexpolismum · 02/11/2012 17:41

Annunziata, is that a chutney recipe?

Alameda · 02/11/2012 17:46

Caponata! Grazie grazie grazie

Ma, cipolle AND aglio? yiiiiikes

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Alameda · 02/11/2012 17:49

Provo with just the garlic, I like how different it is everywhere. Think the best was the simplest, could taste everything individually, so fresh and NICE

(want to go back already now, there is no pleasing me)

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Alameda · 02/11/2012 17:53

oh duci, se e possibile, the tutti santi 'bones' things? Indimenticabile taste but ho dimenticato the word?

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