Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Chiudere una lettera...

Ciao, mi potete consigliare delle espressioni in inglese per chiudere una
lettera un po' romantica?
Per esempio conosco "kisses" (baci) oppure "hugs and kisses" (baci e
abbracci).
Ma se volessi per esempio scrivere "un abbraccio forte" oppure "un bacio"
ecc. sono consigiabili frasi tipo "a strong hug" o "a kiss" oppure non
stanno in piedi in inglese?
Grazie per la pazienza e per l'aiuto. ^_^
Ciao a tutti!

 stanno in piedi in inglese?
Si dice 'tight' invece di 'strong' per indicare un abbraccio forte forte forte.

stanno in piedi in inglese?
Between friends and relatives of different sexes, it is normal to write
"love", if the relationship is definitely non-romantic this is often
written as "love".
More affectionate - "lots of love" or "with lots of love from "
Still more so - "all my love", then "all my love for ever" and so on.
An "X" is used to indicate a kiss and the number of "X"s indicates the
degree of affection.
To my wife I might put       Love/John X
To someone else's wife I might put   all my love for ever and ever/ John
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   :-)))
Cheers
-- 
John G Davies


I have never heard anyone close a letter with "a tight hug" even though it's
grammatically correct.  I've heard "a big hug"
bye
Ari

degree of affection.
X = kiss
O = hug
usually "xox"
ciao...
-- 
Filippo
http://web.tiscali.it/myaustralia

stanno in piedi in inglese?
huge kiss
usa qualcosa che sia tuo. intendo un'espressione o un modo di scrivere
che usi sempre. io ad esempio scrivo spesso "kisses__" alla fine di
una lettera e/o email...
ho visto spesso "big kiss" ma quello che  tira di piu' quaggiu' e'
"xox" dove x sono baci e o sono abbracci...
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 grammatically correct.  I've heard "a big hug"
Yes, I was avoiding the topic of the letter and speaking in general. I've never
even seen "big hug" on a letter, but perhaps I just don't inspire such a
closing.

usually "xox"
I've never seen that in the UK, but I'm an old gimmer.
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 I've never seen that in the UK, but I'm an old gimmer.
No, me neither.
I received an e-mail from a girl in Brazil recently who signed off "xoxo
galore".
I wrote back to ask if xoxo was a Brazilian word, and what it meant...
Maybe its a US/AUS usage?
(What's a gimmer, by the way? I used to live in W. Yorks, but that's a
new one on me.)
-- 
Mary


Clarification: "xxx", standing for kisses, used to be common when I
lived in England; it's the o's that I haven't seen before.
-- 
Mary

 lived in England; it's the o's that I haven't seen before.
Negli Stati Uniti 'O' = abbraccio. Quasi sempre si trovono 'O's con 'X's come
XOXOX.

lived in England; it's the o's that I haven't seen before.
Oh that one, that one! I have seen one the "c's" written with a hyphen
instead of the apostrophe, like c-s and I am sure it meant the c
letters. And once I have seen cs, like any common word.
you wrote:
"it's the o's that I haven't seen before."
I have seen more than once:
"it's the o-s that I haven't seen before."
And once:
"it's the os that I haven't seen before."
The best one is the one with the apostrophe or is it the only one
correct?
Sebastiano

correct?
I'm always in a quandary when I want to write about a letter in the
plural.  Each of the above has its advantages and disadvantages.
I'm inclined towards the "o"s, os looks too much like a word, o's
indicates the right pronunciation, and o-s ????
My spelling checker doesn't like any of them, but in MS Word (UK
English) only o-s doesn't show as needing correction.
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XOXOX.
thanx tony!!
qualcuno che ha vissuto... :))))
anyway, intendevo questo. per ora li conoscono in italia, australia e
negli states...
xox...
-- 
Filippo
http://web.tiscali.it/myaustralia

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messaggio news:amssvr$8i277$1...@ID-55125.news.dfncis.de...
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In latino, "ox" è il bue...
Non sarà per caso che a forza di baci e abbracci
a molti spuntano le corna ?... :-)))
--
Er Roscio.

a molti spuntano le corna ?... :-)))
Lol! :)
Sebastiano