Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Dubbio "en passant"

Sorry = scusa
I'm sorry = mi dispiace
Giusto?
-- 
I'm a Dream!!! 

 Giusto?
Sì.
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
--
"No victory comes without a price" (Desperate Housewives).
[My Skype nickname: enrico_il_pentolaio ] 

 Sì, ma in italiano "scusa" significa sia "excuse me" sia "sorry".
mhmm. hai ragione! però mi sfugge la diversa sfumatura di significato... Mi 
illumini :-)
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 mi sfugge la diversa sfumatura di significato... Mi  illumini :-)
Ok.
Quando fermi uno per strada dici:" Excuse me sir/madam, could you tell me 
how to reach the town centre?".
Invece quando fai cadere la matita del tuo collega dici "Sorry!"
Nello Swan c'č scritto che in America tendono a dire "excuse me" al posto di 
"sorry", ma sinceramente non l'ho mai sentito in nessuno dei telefilm che ho 
guardato finora (Friends, Alias, The Fresh Prince of Belair, The Simpsons, 
Desperate Housewives e Everwood... a proposito, oggi mi sono arrivati CSI NY 
e the West Wing da Amazon.com :-)  ).
Spero di essere stato chiaro.
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 guardato finora
It's quite normal in AmEng. If "scusa/mi scusi" can be used to apologize,
to draw someone's attention and to make someone else repeat what he's said,
I believe "excuse me" can do all those things, or at least the last two. In
BritEng one says "sorry?" or "pardon?" when one wants someone to repeat
something, and "excuse me" to draw someone's attention.
Bye, FB
-- 
"Is this Miss Prism a female of repellent aspect, remotely connected with
education?" "She is the most cultivated of ladies, and the very picture of
respectability." "It is obviously the same person."
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)

 something,
Yes, I forgot to say that.
Perhaps each of us should donate one euro to Massimiliano, so that he can 
buy the famous "Practical English Usage" by Swan.
:-)))))))))
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Don't worry, Massy, I'm glad to answer your questions! ;-))
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 oggi mi sono arrivati CSI NY e the West Wing da Amazon.com :-)  ).
Chiarissimo!!! :-).
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 P.S. Don't worry, Massy, I'm glad to answer your questions! ;-))
ty, you are so kind! :-)
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> telefilm che ho guardato finora (Friends, Alias, The Fresh Prince of
Al massimo dicono "bygones"...
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
27/10/2005 21.09.02

 I believe "excuse me" can do all those things, or at least the last two.
No, the first as well:
http://www.gaietysligo.com/trailers/the_grudge_sarah_michelle_gellar_interview_330k.rm
She coughes and says...?
[...]
Bye, FB
-- 
"Oh oh... Oh my God. My parents are having an affair."
(Gilmore Girls - 512)

 cos'č, cos'č?!??!?! Mi interessa...!!!
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 Al massimo dicono "bygones"...
E che?
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 E che?
Pietrasopra. Ma era una battuta.
-- 
Laz - [
http://www.dimensionedelta.net
]
"I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." 

 ty, you are so kind! :-)
ty starebbe per thank you?
I guess so.
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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 I guess so.
Of course!
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 No. I'm sorry!
ROTFL, he pointed out that  lawyers earn a lot of money.
:-DDDDDDDD
I guess you didn't understand what he was saying, because you would have 
certainly replied.
;-))
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 have certainly replied.
yeah, you guess right! :-)
p.s.: From when my "babylon" is broken,  I'm lost! :-)
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 Questo mess non è arrivato: lo rimando
A me risulta arrivato tutto, veramente.
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 p.s.: From when my "babylon" is broken,  I'm lost! :-)
If I'm not wrong, that's the dictionary you told me about in September, 
isn't it?
I use "Collins Cobuild on CD ROM", which was enclosed in my "real" 
dictionary. This is a monolingual dictionary, though.
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 "fucking god" or "fucking idon'tknow"?
Avresti costruire la frase cosi': "Couldn't I mean...", e' interrogativa 
:-)
E non ho ben capito cosa intendi con "fucking idon'tknow"... io direi "I 
don't fucking know" (fucking diventa avverbio in questo caso)
-- 
Laz - [
http://www.dimensionedelta.net
]
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" 

 "I don't fucking know" (fucking diventa avverbio in questo caso)
no no, I-don't-know è per dire "Fucking ..." (dove i puntini di sopensione 
possono essere riempiti con qualunque altra parola ritenuta idonea...)
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