{"id":16052,"date":"2018-04-20T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=16052"},"modified":"2018-09-18T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T10:07:26","slug":"the-strange-case-of-the-irregular-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/the-strange-case-of-the-irregular-body\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Do you enjoy a good detective story? Here&#8217;s the beginnings of a rather gruesome one!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Ispettore Augusto is a hardened detective. He&#8217;s not bothered by blood and gore. With his many years of experience he&#8217;s seen it all. What he can&#8217;t tolerate though is the particularly gruesome vocabulary of his grammatically challenged assistant Tenente Ciceri!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em>Story by Serena<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">L&#8217;ispettore Augusto \u00e8 appena giunto sulla scena del delitto dove \u00e8 stata fatta una macabra scoperta: il corpo smembrato di una donna.\u00a0L&#8217;ispettore chiede delucidazioni al tenente Ciceri, il quale ha qualche problema con i plurali irregolari.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16125\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16125\" class=\"wp-image-16125 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>I sacchi di plastica contenenti il corpo smembrato!<\/strong> Photo by Geoff<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto: &#8220;Allora, Tenente, cosa abbiamo qui?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;Abbiamo una testa, signor Ispettore, senza i orecchi, signor Ispettore&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto: &#8220;<em>Le orecchie<\/em>, Ciceri, si dice <em>le orecchie<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;S\u00ec Ispettore, <em>le orecchie<\/em>. E in un altro sacco di plastica abbiamo trovato l&#8217;orecchia destra&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto, sospirando: &#8220;<em>L&#8217;orecchio destro<\/em> &#8230; Continui.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;In un terzo sacco di plastica abbiamo i mani e &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto: &#8220;Tenente Ciceri! Si dice <em>le mani<\/em>, non <em>i mani<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;Signor s\u00ec, Ispettore! Le mani! Alla mana sinistra \u00e8 stato tagliato il dito anulare, mentre la mana destra ha tutti i diti&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">L&#8217;ispettore Augusto si mette le mani nei capelli disperato: &#8220;Allora &#8230; ricapitoliamo: <em>la mano sinistra<\/em> \u00e8 priva del dito anulare, mentre <em>la mano destra<\/em> ha tutte <em>le dita<\/em>. Giusto?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;Giustissimo, signor Ispettore!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto: &#8220;E il resto del corpo? Avete trovato altre parti?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;Ecco, s\u00ec, abbiamo trovato altri due sacchi di plastica con altri pezzi del corpo: in uno c&#8217;\u00e8 il torso e nell&#8217;altro ci sono parti delle gambe&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto: &#8220;Parti delle gambe?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;S\u00ec, signor Ispettore! le gambe sono state amputate sopra i ginocchi e mancano le parti inferiori&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto, sconsolato: &#8220;Sopra <em>le ginocchia<\/em>&#8220;; poi aggiunge sottovoce: &#8220;&#8230; ma cosa sto a perdere tempo con questo asino &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tenente Ciceri: &#8220;Ancora non abbiamo trovato le gambe inferiori coi piedi e i bracci&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ispettore Augusto, perdendo la pazienza: &#8220;<em>Le braccia, le braccia!!!<\/em> Ora vada a farmi il rapporto scritto e se sbaglia un solo plurale la mando a dirigere il traffico per un mese, capito Tenente Ciceri?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Poor Tenente Ciceri, I feel we should help him out, don&#8217;t you dear reader? Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll do. We&#8217;ll make him a list of the body parts which have been discovered in both their singular and plural forms. He can then use that list to write up his report, and hopefully avoid a month directing the traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Here are the body parts in English. All you need to do is write their correct singular and plural forms together with their definite articles and post them in the comments section. Simple, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the ear = ______\u00a0 the ears = ______\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the hand = ______\u00a0 the hands = ______\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the finger = ______\u00a0 the fingers = ______\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the leg =\u00a0______ the legs = ______<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the knee =\u00a0______ the knees = ______<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the foot =\u00a0______ the feet = ______<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">the arm =\u00a0______ the arms = ______<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Buon divertimento!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Potete leggere tutti i capitoli successivi cliccando sui link qui sotto:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/the-strange-case-of-the-irregular-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Strange Case Of The Irregular Body<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/an-extremely-subjunctive-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>An Extremely Subjunctive Investigation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-not-so-perfect-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Not So Perfect Witness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 4: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-body-of-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Body Of Evidence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 5: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/whos-there\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who\u2019s There?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-few-more-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Few More Bodies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/alle-otto-di-sera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alle Otto Di Sera<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/linterrogatorio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>L\u2019Interrogatorio<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/allisola-di-montecristo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>All\u2019Isola Di Montecristo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 10: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-ghastly-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Gastly Discovery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 11: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/putting-together-the-pieces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Putting Together The Pieces<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/pulizia-5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Do you enjoy a good detective story? Here&#8217;s the beginnings of a rather gruesome one! Ispettore Augusto is a hardened detective. He&#8217;s not bothered by blood and gore. With his many years of experience he&#8217;s seen it all. 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