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Titolo: Il none "Mimmo" = sopranome?

Ciao e tutti,
Is "Mimmo" a sopranome? I am writing to someone with that name and wish 
to know if it is "short" for another name. I have not encountered the 
name before, is it common or regional perhaps?
Salve'
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to know if it is "short" for another name.
It's the short form (1) for Domenico.
AFAIK.
cheers,
Peltio
(1) too much programming, lately.

 AFAIK.
Or Massimo
Roger

 Or Massimo
ah si? non mi e' mai capitato.
btw, il diminutivo piu' strano che mi sia capitato (ma pare non fosse un
caso isolato) e' Lillo al posto di Nicola (dal vezzeggiativo Nicolillo
immagino)
francesca
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 name before, is it common or regional perhaps?
I think in Naples it's rather common even as a first name.
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 I think in Naples it's rather common even as a first name.
Have you all met on Skype on Monday and Wednesday?
Bye, FB
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Per la cottura poi procedi come per il pollo alla creta.
(Elogio del dado - Garfield su it.hobby.cucina)

 Have you all met on Skype on Monday and Wednesday?
No, we haven't.
Actually we met last Tuesday by chance, but we only chatted and the
conference consisted just in listening to me while I was playing the
piano.
:-))
Anyway, we could meet tomorrow at, I don't know, 18.00. Is that OK with
you?
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 perhaps?
In Sicily is pretty common to short names, and Mimmo is one of the 
shortening of Domenico, togheter with Mimì.
We also have the following:
Leonardo -> Nanae or Nenè
Francesco -> Franco or Ciccio or Ciccino or Cecé
Stefano -> Nino or Fanino
Antonio -> Toni or Tonio or Nino or Totò or Toto or Totuccio or Tuccio
Salvatore -> Tore or Turi or Turiddu or Salvo or Sasà
Giuseppe -> Peppe or Pepè or Pio or Puccio or Peppuccio or Pucci or 
Giusè or Pippo (shared with Filippo)
There are many others, anyway ..
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 Or Massimo
Massimo? Are you sure? 
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 you?
Or we might wait till Saturday for the usual meeting at 18.00. Or we might
do both -- it's all right for me, as long as the bloody headphones work (I
haven't yet bought a new pair).
Bye, FB
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it is.
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When I was learning Italian, I spent a lot of time with a group of
Italian military who were from Catania, one of whom was named
Salvatore (whose family called him "Turi"). They told me that
there was a simple way of telling whether a person was Sicilian
or not. It was the way in which a person pronounced the word
"Turiddu". Do you subscribe to this theory?     :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

(I haven't yet bought a new pair).
What are you waiting for?
:-))))))))
My headset cost €12, but it was the most expensive. There was one
which cost €6.
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio
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Next meetings on Skype: tomorrow and the day after tomorrow (not the
movie) at 18.00 (17.00 in the UK).
Be online!

 Be online!
I will, sir! 
P.S. I think «6.00p.m. (5.00p.m.)» would be better, or is the 24-hour
format used sometimes in the UK or in the US?
Bye, FB
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 Massimo? Are you sure? 
Sicuro.
Ho avuto un paio di amici di nome Massimo che si facevano chiamare Mimmo.
Inoltre leggi le prime righe di questo sito, trovato a caso tramite Google:
http://snipurl.com/g3i2
Ciao,
Roger

 theory?     :>)
Of course, and it is not a theory, it is just matter of fact. It is not 
rocket science also.
In Sicilian we usually[*] use -dd- to describe a cacuminal consonant, so 
you have to read that as ɖɖ  on IPA (I hope you are reading me with 
Unicode supporting newsreader and fonts). It is not the only cacuminal 
sound in Sicilians, and I am aware of cacuminal sounds (but I'm not a 
linguist, take care) only in Sard (biddu, kuddu) and Sanskrit. There is 
even a certain Giovanni Ragusa claiming a theory stating that one of the 
ancient inhabitants of Sicily (Sikels) where talking a language closer 
to Sanskrit than any other western indoeuropean language. I don't go 
that far, but surely the fact that sound survived only in Sicily and 
Sardinia is probably witnessing some adaptation of Latin words to local 
Indoeuropean language sounds.
Anyway, the result is that a Sicilian will understand at once you aren't 
a Sicilian just hearing you telling Turiddu and not Turiɖɖu.
[*] there are exceptions, friddu (freddo, cold) in example has not 
cacuminal sounds. One rule you can follow is that most words 
showing -ll- in Italian (cavallo, bello, uccello) and dd in sicilian 
(cavaddu, beddu, aceddu) are talking the cacuminal sound.


 I will, sir!
Peccato per ieri...
Oggi ce la faremo, dai.
:-)
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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Next meeting on Skype: today at 18.00 (17.00 in the UK).
Be online!

 :-)
I hope so. I don't suppose I'll be ready at six, but then the conference
never starts at six.


 but then the conference never starts at six.
I'm afraid this time the conference won't start at all, unless I want
to talk to myself.
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 really free or not, so that I won't wait for ages for someone to come.
Certainly. I'm sorry. In my opinion, it's better if the proposal of a
meeting is a bit understated: everybody must be in a position to know it (a
message with the tag skype could be sent each time -- no replies would be
required), and then one can decide whether to show up or not. If it's too
binding, I fear it won't work for most of us.
I, for one, wouldn't have waited for ages. At all events, I ought not to
have said I'd be on-line for sure. Again, I'm sorry.
[...]
Bye, FB
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 have said I'd be on-line for sure.
You're not the only one, I'm afraid.
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Dato che il 19 parto per la Scozia e non torno prima del 31
luglio, possiamo fare due incontri la prossima settimana. Va bene
domani e giovedì alle 18.00 ?

 domani e giovedě alle 18.00 ?
Let's say, for both times, that if I'm free, I'll certainly show up within
the first ten minutes. If I don't, feel free not to count on my presence. I
wouldn't wish to be waited for.
Bye, FB
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 the first ten minutes. If I don't, feel free not to count on my presence.
I won't count on your presence, then.
:-/
Tschuess,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Finiti i primi giorni di entusiasmo per il nuovo programmino che
consente di conversare fra più computer vi siete già stufati?
Vabbe', sarete tutti in vacanza, spero.  
:-))