Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: I do have a weakness for...

"Ho proprio un debole per le ragazze americane!"
"I do have a weakness for american women/jane/chicken/girls" (magari un 
termine americano per dire "ragazza")
"Perchè non ci facciamo una piccola passeggiata/quattro passi fino a 
campo de fiori? Ci vogliono 5 minuti"
"Why don't we take a short walk to campo de fiori? It'll take us just 5 
mins!"
"sarebbe bello se ti potessi rivedere, magari prima che ritorni nella 
tua città!/prima che te ne vai via?"
"It would be a trip if i could see you again, magari before you leave 
for your city!"
uhm...I guess they don't sound fine...
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 for your city!"
 
"A trip" is a little "60s"; in simple, casual language "great": It would be
great if I could see you again...
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 minutes"
Sorry; another over-edit. I meant: It'll just take (us) 5 minutes.
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 any of the others.)
would you avoid "girls" too?

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OH GOD YES!! :) Unless the "girl" is under 17, 
in which case SHAME ON YOU. :p
Seriously, there's this whole big (ridiculous) thing about not calling a
female a "girl"; been going on for decades. Not all girls/women are so
sensitive about it, but just to be safe, I'd avoid it.
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 sensitive about it, but just to be safe, I'd avoid it.
Sono d'accordo che si dovrebbe dire 'woman' invece di 'girl' per dimostrare
rispetto con sconoscuiti o conoscenti nuovi. Ma con amiche intime puņ essere
altro. A volte qualche donna vuole sentirsi ragazza, e dove siete nel mondo
non c'entra.

 sensitive about it, but just to be safe, I'd avoid it.
Incredible !!! Thank you very much for this info. I would have used "girl"
without doubt !
If I meet an italian woman I say_: "Che splendida ragazza" ("What a
wonderful girl") even if she is 30 y.o. (id est very younger than me ^__^).
Using "girl" she thinks to seem more young, and it is appreciated here.
Lapo

 Using "girl" she thinks to seem more young, and it is appreciated here.
Well, that's what I would think, too, but it came from the FemLib era, I 
think. The funny thing is, all these women of 20 and 21 resisted being 
called girls, and my mother, who was then in her 60s, would often say she 
was going out with "with girls", women of her same age or older. Different 
generations, I suppose.
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 generations, I suppose.
It is the same situation here for both women and men. When I talk with my
friends, all around 40 y.o. , we call ourselves "boys", "ragazzi".

 in which case SHAME ON YOU. :p
why, I'm still 19 :-)
Nothing to be ashamed of ^_^
and I refuse to define "woman" a 18 yo girl :-)

 friends, all around 40 y.o. , we call ourselves "boys", "ragazzi".
And this seems reasonable to me. 
I would think anyone over 30 would like to be viewed as a girl or boy:
young-at-heart, youthful spirit, etc. (I don't know, because I'm just over
half that age, so I'll let you know in a dozen years or so. :)
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 and I refuse to define "woman" a 18 yo girl :-)
"...an 18 yo girl" (spoken: "an eighteen...", hence the *an*.)
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 "...an 18 yo girl" (spoken: "an eighteen...", hence the *an*.)
thanks :)
I was a little confused by the number :)