Re: CHAT: Back on the list; Anti-conlanging bigots
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 7, 2001, 8:45 |
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David Peterson <DigitalScream@A...> wrote:
You know, Pinnochio: The little puppet whose nose grows long when
he
lies? It's an old Italian allegory. I've been dying to read the
original.
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It's spelt Pinocchio, though. It's written by an Italian author with
the pen name Collodi. Back when I was learning Italian, I fortunately
found the book in a library in its original Italian form and read
that.
It is a little different from the Disney version. I have a feeling
that some bowdlerisation has occured...
Imperative