Re: Italians Qs (Stolen; was Re: You have a word for it?)
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 28, 2002, 3:14 |
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Also, one of the characters father has a nickname of Peppe 'Mmerde',
which
is carefully not translated. Anyone know what it means? (If you want,
you
can email that reply privately.)
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Hehe, the standard Italian word for shit is "merde", and initial
geminates are a feature of dialects including Sicilian. That and the
fact that it is tactfully untranslated means that it's probably that
word...
Imperative
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