Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Come si dice...

Cari, oh cari
come si dice in inglese:
1) raptus di follia?
2) malore improvviso?
3) capogiro?
Sto esagerando?
Baci
Isa

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3) capogiro?
Giddiness, swimming. 
However, patients use "capogiro" to encompass a variety of sensations
including those that seem semantically appropriate (swimming,
fainting, light-headedness, spinning, and so on) and those that are
seemingly inappropriate, such as blurred vision, confusion, tingling,
headache, walking on cotton, etc. Therefore a careful history is
necessary to determine exactly what a patient who states "Dottore, mi
gira la testa" ("Doctor, I'm dizzy") is experiencing.
Ciao
Ferdinando Chiodo

3) capogiro?
dizziness
Ciao,
Ron
USA
imparando italiano


Sorry, Ron - "feigned illness" would be malore improvvisato (or finto).
Improvviso means "sudden".
"Raptus di follia" is one of those totally unscientific expressions that
Italian newspapers love to use when an inexplicable crime has been
committed.
Isabella's translating a newspaper article, and it's not hard to imagine
what it says (you can read the same sort of thing in the Italian papers
every day):
"Woman found dead in courtyard with baby in arms. Police working on two
theories: suddenly went berserk and jumped, or leaned over 6th-floor
balcony railing, fainted/went dizzy and fell to her death."
Journalists in English-speaking countries don't usually indulge in that
kind of speculation, of course.
Mary
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 insegnato che "I'm feeling dizzy" significa "mi sento i brividi... Mah?
No, hanno ragione Ron e Ferdinando.
"Mi sento i brividi" sarebbe "I'm feeling shivery".
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imparando italiano
e aiutando amici con dubbi in inglese...

Ferdinando Chiodo
Our F is a wealth of knowledge and information, as usual.
One of these days I'll post a question whatsoever, just to have the pleasure
to read your answer... :-)
Ciao e thanks a million
Isa

Isa
G'day Isa,
Non puoi dire "I'll post a question whatsoever" se vuoi dire "qualsiasi
domanda".
Puoi dire: "I'll post (just) any old question ... " (probably the best
translation I
can think of right now). Also possible, though not as strictly translated
are:
"I'll post some random question ... ; I'll post some question or another..."
"I'll post some silly irrelevant question ..."
Note that the singular "some" means "qualsiasi", not "alcuni" (ovviamente) -
as in:
"I suppose some kind person will correct my error." ie. "some person or
another".
Singular "some" also means "a" as in "an unidentified..."
Anna: "Maria, some guy is on the phone for you!" (An unidentified guy)
Maria "Who is it?"
Anna: "I don't know. Some Giovanni."
Maria: "What does he want?"
Anna: "He wants to ask you some question or another"
Maria: "Really? So any old Giovanni can just ring me and expect me to
   answer some question ...?
Anna: "He sounds cute .."
Maria: "Tell him I'll be right there!"
Oh, by the way, I'd also say " ... just to have the pleasure of reading
your answer"
Ciao,
Some Raymot or another from Brisbane.
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No way. There's only one Raymot like Raymot. :-)
Mi consolo pensando che nella prima parte della frase non ho sbagliato
niente... :-)))

Improvviso means "sudden".
I knew that I was overstepping my competence in Italian in this attempt to
assist. I depended on by deskside Webster's New World Italian dictionary. In the
future I will attempt to offer the newsgroup only my knowledge of the English
language. (even if Isa and Mary have been very kind in their gentle
corrections.)
An additional dilemma for me is that my ISP has become unreliable "all of an
improvviso" in capturing every post, including some of my own, to this
newsgroup--I did not have an opportunity to read Ferdinando's post. So, pardon
me if I occasionally duplicate others' efforts.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

niente... :-)))
Yes, "One of these days" was a very nice touch. I can't fault it for
style or usage. E devo complimentarti per la punteggiatura corretta.
E` qualcosa che trovo sempre molto attraente.
Ciao for now,
Raymot the Only, of Brisbane.
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, 
Isabella Z says...
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-> Touché
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but shouldn't SHE say: "touchéE", instead?
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but shouldn't SHE say: "touchéE", instead?
Magari ho i baffi a manubrio e il 46 di piede e mi piace girare il Web
travestito da donna... :-) OK, OK, touchée (ma ho l'attenuante di essere
autodidatta, in francese...)
Ciao
Isa (donna-donna)