Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: "Numero verde".

"ho provato a chiamare il numero verde"
Qual'è un "numero verde"?
(sto lurkando in altro gruppo)
Grazie.

Grazie.
Ah, I'ho trovato in il mio dictionaro. Un telefono numero che č
gratuito.

 Qual'è un "numero verde"?
"Qual e`"
It's a toll free number. 
"Numeri verdi" in Italy always begin with the 800 code.

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grazie.

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..in il mio dizionaro <g>

 gratuito.
cazzo parli un italiano davvero di merda, ragazzo.

 cazzo parli un italiano davvero di merda, ragazzo.
Potresti mostrarci la tua abilità scrivendo sempre in inglese, d'ora in
poi?
FB
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L'importante è che risplenda tu, sola primadonna e immarcescibile leggenda
del tuo pianerottolo.
(Lucangel su it.cultura.libri)


<G> Sì, Io so già, ma grazie per le tue parole d'incoraggiamento, sei
troppo gentile :))

 cazzo parli un italiano davvero di merda, ragazzo.
E tu sei un troll, no?

"jonny" <j...@jj.jj> wrote in message
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In the USA, all toll-free numbers at one time were "800-" numbers, but
the telephone companies ran out of numbers, so now the toll-free
numbers include 800-, 877-, and 888-.
Is the use of the "800" prefix a global standard, or do only certain
countries use it?
Joe from Massachusetts


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0800 here, at least from BT (British Telecom). Thus the terminology
for such a number is an "0800 number" or "Freephone number". "Tolls"
are generally only associated with bridges here.

 "Qual e`"
anyway that's a mistake he shouldn't be too much afraid of, don't forget
most of Italian people commit it very often and they don't
even know the existence of that exception... in spoken language it's not
noticeable at all, so... :-)

 most of Italian people
Avrei detto "most Italian people", ma forse sono possibili entrambe le
forme?

 A in spoken language it's not  noticeable at all, so... :-)
"Un altro" and "un'altro" share the same pronunciation as well, so do
"hai visto" and "ai visto". Yet the former are considered correct and the latter
are bluepencilled. That's life! :-)

are bluepencilled. That's life! :-)
"Un'altro" makes my skin crawl. Writing "un altro" is a nice and clean
way to keep one's back from sprouting knives. :)
Sebastiano

 forme?
è una cosa che avevo pensato anche io sai... però se dovessi dire "la
maggior parte di essi"
io direi "most of them" invece di "most them"


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I've done that as well :)
http://tinyurl.com/64mpf


http://tinyurl.com/64mpf
Don't you worry, you're *learning* Italian. You are allowed as many
mistakes as you like and knives won't sprout on your back. :)
Sebastiano

 d'incoraggiamento, sei troppo gentile :))
Beh, jonny, aprofittane per imparare anche il turpiloquio 
offensivo usato in Italia. 
Potrebbe servirti se ti capiterà di guidare qui da noi.
-- 
oggi no, domani sì

 only certain countries use it?
Una volta qui c'era un altro prefisso (166? non mi ricordo) 
poi hanno cambiato in 800.
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 (166? non mi ricordo) 
That is still in use, and is a very expensive code for sexy-phones,
fortune-tellers on the phone, and the like!

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Scusa ADPUF, ma non capisco cosa significano queste parole:
"aprofittane" & "capiterà"??

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approfittare = to take advantage of; to profit from.
capitare = to happen (to) 
So: take advantage of this to learn some obscenities used in Italy. It
might come in handy if you happen to drive here.
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Speaking of color codes, I remember that when I was in Italy that at
least one publisher color-coded his books by category so that readers
could find them more easily on the shelves.
I remember "giallo" was for mysteries, but I don't remember the color
codes for any other categories. Are books still categorized by these
color codes, and what other color codes did they use? Who was the
publisher who started the whole thing?
Joe from Massachusetts

 might come in handy if you happen to drive here.
Yes, some people go mad when they drive. It's customary to swear and
curse on other drivers that drive dangerously or just don't give way!
:-DD   Sometimes drivers make the insulting gesture of upward "corna"
[meaning "cuckold", not "University of Texas" ;) ]   we are discussing
in another thread!

 codes for any other categories.
"Rosa", rose, is for frivolous romantic stories.
"Noir", that's French for "black", is for gruesome crime, police 
stories and misteries. 

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Thanks Joey. Do you know the English equivalent of "qui da noi"? I've
searched on google and it seems to be a fairy popular expression, but
the literal translation of "here from us" doesn't make sense.

 the literal translation of "here from us" doesn't make sense.
"Around here", "In these parts". It can also mean "at my place", but this
is not the case. (alliteration is my second name)
Bye, FB
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"Just as I thought. Another test that could have cost us our lives, saved
only by the fact that I am enormously well-bred"
(Murder by Death)


Thanks.

gratuito.
Qualcuno può dirmi se questo suona meglio?
Allora, I'ho trovato in il mio dizionario. E' un numero di telefono
che è gratuitamente.
OK, I've found it in my dictionary. It's a telephone number that is
free of charge.

 free of charge.
"Free" is an adjective, then it has to be translated "gratuito", which is
an adjective as well.
Bye, FB
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Se dico "siedi!" manca l'oggetto.
Siedo chi? Lei o me?
(da it.cultura.linguistica.italiano)

 Joe from Massachusetts
"Giallo" (yellow) as crime/detective story dates back to 
the 30's, I think.
It was a "trovata" (invention, trick, contrivance, 
expedient) of Arnoldo Mondadori's publishing house, if I'm 
correct.
Another very usual term is "rosa" (pink) with reference to 
love stories (uhm, women read them, not me, for sure)
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 publisher who started the whole thing?
Actually while a "giallo" book (a detective story) is generally printed 
out with something yellow on the cover, all other color-coded books 
don't necessarely have a recall to the color on the cover. But they are 
still conventionally called with the color name.
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Ciao,
  Luigi