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An Extremely Subjunctive Investigation Posted by on Apr 26, 2018

Happily, thanks to the correct list of body parts that we sent him, our grammatically challenged Tenente Ciceri didn’t have to spend a month directing traffic! If you haven’t already done so, you can read part 1. here: The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body The List Of Irregular Body Parts: the ear = l’orecchio…

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If I could have … Posted by on Jun 3, 2009

There is an old popular Italian song from 1939 called ‘Mille Lire al Mese’, which somehow seems very appropriate given the present economic climate. The first verse goes: Che disperazione, che delusione dover campar, sempre in disdetta, sempre in bolletta! Ma se un posticino domani cara io trovero’, di gemme d’oro ti copriro’! Se potessi…

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