A story I've told at countless dinner parts, when asked why I have such a variety of slang in my Italian, is how my very proper nonna expressly told me to speak only proper Italian, no dialect or slang. And to complement the invalidity of said slang, I was asked to document every single slang word and expression that ever crossed my ears. Over the years, I have sent her thousands of cleverly … [Read more...]
Feb 13, 2011
Se Non Ora Quando*
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*If not now, when? Finally, hundreds of thousands of women and men of all ages converged in piazzas across Italy to support of women and in protest of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his almost-laughable-if-he-were-not-running-a-country reign. Se Non Ora Quando is the primal scream of women across the country who are beyond sick of not just Silvio but the completely contradictory and … [Read more...]
Nov 17, 2010
A Berlusconi Reader
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Silvio Berlusconi: /sil-vee-oh bur-loo-scoh-nee/ informal: Er Berlusca. Political and publishing phenom who has intentionally spattered the international press with his Speidi sense for cosmetic surgery, his untarnishable Charlie Sheen for public/private womanizing and his remarkably ineffable Biden-eque gaffes. Cruise ship crooner. Italian Prime Minister 1994-1996, 2001-2006, 2008- … [Read more...]
