Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: All too beautiful

Dear All,
non capisco il senso di questa affermazione, mi aiutate?
"The water never gets warmer than sixty degrees, no matter what time of
year. The moment you're in it, your thermal core starts telling your head
that *it's all too beautiful*."
Fin troppo bello? Perché, visto che si rischia di congelare e annegare? O
l'espressione ha un valore idiomatico che mi sfugge?
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Ciao & grazie
Anna

 l'espressione ha un valore idiomatico che mi sfugge?
Se sono i laghetti caldi dell'Islanda (o qualcosa di simile), è vero che vi
si può restare immersi in ogni stagione senza né annegare né congelare (a
60°?). E' solo "tutto troppo bello" . Prova a guazzarci dentro, per credere.

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Siamo nella baia di San Francisco, dove un tale rischia di morire assiderato e
quindi annegare per salvare una bambina portata via dalle onde.
Naturalmente si tratta di 60 °F, non °C.
Thanx anyway
Anna

 l'espressione ha un valore idiomatico che mi sfugge?
Anna, I'm not sure of the meaning. It isn't idiomatic. My guess would be that
the author is referring to the body entering a state of shock and thus a false
sense of euphoria.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 
This must be one of the few Sixties songs you don't know.
Itchycoo Park, Small Faces.
Mary

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LOL
Che bello leggerti.
No, Mary. Small (and bigger) Faces have virtually no secrets for me. I knew
the song. In fact, I've been singing it for hours, but the meaning of the
expression still escapes me. :-(
Maybe I should go and play the record. Might it be illuminating?
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Ciao
Anna

 Siamo nella baia di San Francisco, dove un tale rischia di morire
assiderato e
absolutely agree.
15C and windy in August... just for penguins! ;)

 that *it's all too beautiful*."
Ma c'è poi scritto che cosa risponde la testa ai tentativi di imbonimento
del thermal core?

 15C and windy in August... just for penguins! ;)
Si dice che il tempo è "brisk and refreshing." ;-)
All'isola di Alcatraz nella baia c'era la prigione da cui nessuno riusciva a
sfuggire a causa del mare freddo e le correnti forte. Adesso, i marinai di Hobie
Cat barce a vela e chi pratica il windsurfing nella baia portano i wetsuit
(panni di gomma?) così da prevenire essere in stato di shock dopo che cadono nel
mare.
Ciao,
Ron
USA
.

 Anna
No naturally about it ;-)) , il resto del mondo pensano di gradi
Celcsus. 
Loki
"Remember the Mars Lander" 
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 Celcsus. 
Make that: Celsius 
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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby 
English will be the official language of the EU rather than German 
which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her 
Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room 
for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would 
be known as "Euro-English". 
 
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this 
will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be 
dropped in favour of the"k". This should klear up konfusion and 
keyboards kan have 1 less letter. 
 
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when 
the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make 
words like "fotograf" 20% shorter. 
 
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be 
ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are 
possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, 
which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil 
agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is 
disgraseful, and they should go away. 
 
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as 
replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze 
unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar 
changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. 
 
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil 
be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to 
understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen ve vil tak 
over ze vorld!

sfuggire a causa del mare freddo e le correnti forte
Ron, speaking of Alcatraz and the frigid waters that surround it...here is a
little piece of trivia for you.  Did you know that inmates were not allwowed to
take cold showers?
bye
arianna

Finaly, somzing on zis nevsgrup I kan understand.
Rik   :-)

 to take cold showers?
No, I remember seeing the group-shower room, and but I don't remember hearing
that they never took cold showers. Maybe these two factors ended up contributing
to SF's "odd" reputation. (I know that I could have used a more descriptive
synonym but we don't want to make it too easy for those Italians who may already
know what the term "cold shower" connotes to most Americans.)
Ciao,
Ron
USA

that they never took cold showers.
Being unaccustomed to cold water would minimize their chances of a successful
escape.
Did they put you in solitary confinment when you were there?
bye
Arianna  

 Did they put you in solitary confinment when you were there?
Yes. Barefoot in that cold steel box without a ray of light.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 (panni di gomma?)
cioè la muta?
Girasole
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 i wetsuit (panni di gomma?)
s.f. muta (same for diving)
The one which completely isolates from water used sometimes for sailing or
very cold diving is called (jargon): "stagna" (watertight)

 Make that: Celsius
hate woman who wanna order!!!

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And what about us, former english-language students?
We have spent years and years in learning English dictation, trying every
day to distinguish "c" from "s", "ph" form "f", and what else...
There's no respect at all!
:-((
Luisa

 :-((
Cara Luisa,
scrivo nell'ipotesi che tu abbia preso per buono quello che Dale ha postato
come un testo giocoso.
Si tratta infatti di una parodia delle risoluzioni e direttive comunitarie,
che, se Dale non si offende, č piuttosto datata.
E' in giro sui newsgroup almeno dal 1997. Su ICLIng č gią comparsa due
volte, una volta ai primordi (aprile 1999) ad opera di HRM Arianna, e
,qualche mese dopo, venne postata da HRM Mary Cassidy (su richiesta).
Dopodichč HRM Bambi l'ha inserita nelle nostre FAQ.
Ciao
Giorgio

 ha scritto
Rick, my friend, how are you? Have you seen how rude  the people from the ng
are to me?
As for the reason for wind, I can only say that this planet life full of
wind and sand blowing, watching us turn our heads into our scarves, fighting
back to find our place, knows that we have won the most when we have lost
the most... yes,that is the reason for wind, imho. Bye

 Si tratta infatti di una parodia delle risoluzioni e direttive
comunitarie,
Eccolo là, il solito beccaccino.

Ow Ouch wrote:
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You are weathering it nicely, don't you think?
;-)
You know I don't share the opinion of your critics here.  I find those
exchanges very amusing,
but that's because I am a dullard.   My one suggestion to you all would be to
alternate between
Italian and English more, that would keep things a bit more in the spirit of
the ng, and beginners
like myself would have a little easier time following the conversation.
Kisses to everyone, especially you Ow.
Rik

 take cold showers?
I suppose they were also not allowed to practice riding sharks.
Rik

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How old are you? Antideluvian??   ;-)
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 Anna

 How old are you? Antideluvian??   ;-)
Cling to good habits!
When women weren't able to repair cars and mills were white ;)

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Mills were white?? Is this a reference to "dark satanic mills" (I
only remember the phrase, not the work it comes from)
That old huh, that is a loooong time. :-)))
Cheers,
Loki
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 That old huh, that is a loooong time. :-)))
too long!

 The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby ...[...]
Dear Dale,
If you have the opportunity, you might wish to have a look at our FAQ
 
http://web.tiscalinet.it/peltio/TheRealm/index.html
)
The 'New language letter' first brought to our attention by HRH Arianna a
while back, is included therein as it tends to make its way onto the
newsgroup quite often.
For the benefit of those who have not already read them, there are several
other linguistic wonders included as well.
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I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb