L’Italia in Cinque Parole

Posted on 09. May, 2010 by in Culture

Cari Lettori, molto spesso noi Italiani ci chiediamo: ‘come vedono noi e il nostro Paese gli stranieri? che figura facciamo? quali sono le caratteristiche che ci distiguono?’ Dunque, vi voglio chiedere un po’ di aiuto. Vorrei che sceglieste cinque parole chiave o brevi frasi che secondo voi meglio descrivono l’Italia!

Dear Readers, very often, us Italians ask ourselves: ‘how do foreigners see us and our country? how do we appear to them? what are our distinguishing characteristics?’ Therefore, I want to ask you for a bit of help. I’d like you to choose five key words or short phrases that according to you best describe Italy!

For example here are five words/phrases that, for me, describe England/Englishness:

1. Order

2. Tea Rooms

3. Windy

4. Moorland

5. Politeness

The more responses I get to this blog, the better, and please feel free to be honest! Stage two will be to ask our friends and family here in Italy to respond to the same question, coming up with 5 key words that describe themselves and their country. So, be brave and click on the ‘Post a Comment link’ below.

Grazie a tutti.

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62 Responses to “L’Italia in Cinque Parole”

  1. s 14 May 2010 at 2:43 am #

    secondo me:

    la famiglia
    la storia
    il cibo ed il vino
    la vitalita’
    la politica

  2. Ana 15 May 2010 at 5:07 pm #

    1. art’s cradle.
    2. gorgeous men.
    3. best leather products.
    4. strong family ties.
    5. tourist unfriendliest.

  3. andreas 16 May 2010 at 5:54 pm #

    Salve Serena!
    1. La piu’ bella lingua (il fiorentino)
    2. piacevolmente pazzi
    3. paesaggi paradisiaci di Toscana
    4. arte
    5.buon cibo

  4. Rosa 16 May 2010 at 10:26 pm #

    1. Bellezza (della gente, del paese, dell’arte e
    della musica)
    2. Passione
    3. Gioia
    4. Famiglia
    5. Gastronomia

  5. leo 18 May 2010 at 8:07 am #

    Le mie cinque parole (in ordine alfabetico)
    sono:

    beltà
    bontà
    eleganza
    furbizia
    Storia

    .

  6. leo 18 May 2010 at 8:13 am #

    Vorrei inoltre sapere se questa inchiesta/gioco richiede solo parole o anche frasi….una parola descrivente è una cosa…una frase un’altra (ed anche più facile….

  7. regina 18 May 2010 at 9:35 pm #

    1. Sunny 2.. Hills 3. Gelato Nuciolo 4. sweet grapes 5. warm

  8. serena 19 May 2010 at 9:27 am #

    Salve Leo!
    Grazie mille per il tuo contributo. Sì, puoi scrivere anche una breve frase, come avevo detto nel blog introduttivo, ma adesso io e mio marito stiamo compilando la lista per pubblicarla.
    Saluti da Serena

  9. Jeannet 19 May 2010 at 11:10 pm #

    Serena,
    your saying “feel free and to be honest” as well
    to be brave and ‘click on comment’,.. I hardly dare!)

    -I wonder about italian people so inclined
    to ‘Rome’ at the same time their general acceptance towards the italian leader in his public behaviour, how do I need to interpret
    this contradiction.

    I see Italie as beauty in nature, design, music,
    refining, il sole, food, wine, enjoying life. And
    always in good mood.
    Jeannet.

  10. serena 25 May 2010 at 4:53 pm #

    Salve S, Thanks for your contribution. Unfortunately it got marked as spam and I just happened to find it by chance. Anyway, it’s been approved now. I don’t know why it was marked as spam, we do get an awful lot of it, but perhaps if you use a proper name instead of just S your future comments won’t get sent to the spam box, although I’m not sure about that. I’ll have to check with admin.

    A presto, Serena

  11. marleen 19 June 2010 at 10:42 am #

    1) caffé e cappuccino al bar
    2) natura ( mare, monti , colline , campagna …)
    3) l’arte ( incorporata nella vita quotidiana )
    4) la gestualità
    5) il calcio

  12. serena 21 June 2010 at 3:56 pm #

    Salve Marleen, grazie per il tuo contributo.

    Serena

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