Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Morire di vecchiaia

Come si dice in inglese?
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I know you can't speak, I know you can't sign
So cry right here on the dotted line

Lupo Buono stand up shouting:
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to die by age.
easy...
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Iso


die of old age
Raymot
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> Come si dice in inglese?
to die of old age

Come si dice in inglese?
to die of old age.  That brings up an interesting point.  Can you really die of
old age?  have you ever seen a death certificate that says "Cause of death:
"old age"?....and what is "old age" anyway?  In some countries you're old after
40.  Our concept of "old age" is based on life expectancy.....and did you know
that life expectancy in Italy is higher  than in the US?  see...Lupo...you
opened a can of worms with your question..
buone feste
arianna

....and did you know that life expectancy in Italy is higher  than in the US? 
That must be why so many old Americans like to go to Italy :)
I suppose that the shorter life expectancy in the US is, at least in part,
due to the fact that the chances of being killed by some class of deranged people
as you go about your business are definitely higher in America.
No, seriously, I didn't know that; I was more inclined to believe the opposite.
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To say it all, I find it very discriminating that females live on average more than
males. This is true in just about any country with the exception of Nigeria where
apparently all people croak at 51.6 years, as shown in this table I just found: 
http://www.mrdowling.com/800life.html
So what have you women to say about that? :)
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and those who don't get killed die anyway because of junk food :)
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 probably not correct anyway.
Ho letto questo post alcune volte e sono ancora confuso. Non c`č dubbio che "to
die of old age" č corretto.

, 
gfca...@aol.com
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No, at least in Australia "old age" is not a valid cause of death.
Even something that is more pathologically correct such as
"multiple organ failure" is not used. 
What a death certificate primarily certifies is the immediate pathological 
cause (such as myocardial infarction) or the underlying specific cause 
(such as ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, etc)
Most people who die of "old age" have been documented at some
time to have organic pathology, or dementia, which can be 
nominated as the cause death.
Raymot
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, 
antonio_...@yahoo.it
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"To die of old age" is the correct translation.
The secondary argument, which does not concern your post, 
is whether people actually die of old age. This is not a 
linguistic argument.
Raymot
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So what have you women to say about that? :)
It must be that Y chromosome that's giving you problems.  It looks like XX is
definitely better than XY.
ciao
Arianna

"multiple organ failure" 
I have never heard that phrase before.  It sounds like somthing we could use a
lot of around here.  Thanks Ray.  I'll do my best to work it into my normal
everyday discourse........
"Hey...how come Jane didn't come to work today?"  "oh...it must be he usual
multiple organ failure". :-))
ciao
arianna

 multiple organ failure". :-))
Di chi? Lei, o il suo ragazzo? Forse era soltanto sentirsi depressa.

Di chi? Lei, o il suo ragazzo? 
Oh scusa...volevo dire "her usual multiple organ failure", ma ho dimenticato la
erre.
ciao
Arianna

 la erre.
Meno male che fosse la colpa della ragazza in questo caso.


So it could be just a design problem; let me file a complaint to the Architect then...
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file a complaint with (person or organization)
file a complaint to (verb)
ciao
Arianna

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Well, it's not my fault; it's because of that XY stuff...
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 So what have you women to say about that? :)
Well, we're keen on having the last word  ;-)))
Tabhall

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QUOTE
Men were designed for short, nasty, brutal lives. Women were designed
for long, miserable ones.
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Source: Dr Estelle Ramey
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Xakero

 Source: Dr Estelle Ramey
Well, she's 82, a moment of pessimism is quite understandable.:-)
A perfect example of how you can be led astray by generalizing from a quote.
Interesting personality:
http://washingtonian.com/people/washington_women/eramey
Anyway, you forgot a good one, which is far and away the most suitable quote
for her way of thinking . Here it is:
Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.
QUOTE Estelle R. Ramey
Cheers
Tabhall

So, in the end the best place is still Nigeria, where both males and
females drop dead at the same time.
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