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 perfect. Not too sexy and not too republican.
Quest'uso di un termine politico è comune?
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oggi no, domani sì

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That is one of the weirdest statements I've read in a long time. :)
(What the writer is doing is contrasting a sexy woman with a Republican; 
the implication is that one can't be both.)
The term republican (when referring to a member of that party) implies 
conservative, right-wing, straight-laced, stodgy even, old-fashioned, 
rich, selfish, capitalistic; but not necessarily un-sexy.
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I am Joey's Cat
Un-not my address, too, if you wanna reply.


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I bet it was Sweet Condi that brought Reps' "sexy" ratings deep down
lately ;-))
http://www.bens.org/images/rice_1.jpg
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(T)EFL online communities
http://groups.msn.com/TEFL

 
Once again I (and this time I'm pleased to) stand corrected! :)
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 rich, selfish, capitalistic;
You're a master at concealing your political ideas. (witty face)
Bye, FB
-- 
"Gli americani sono ignoranti per loro stessa natura"
that is "The Americans are naturally ignorant"
(Paolo Bonardi on it.cultura.linguistica)

 You're a master at concealing your political ideas. (witty face)
Thank you. I pride myself on my tact. ;-)
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 Thank you. I pride myself on my tact. ;-)
Ketzl the Inscrutable, owner of Joey the Infallible *, also known as Joey
the Cool (by the way, is he still cool?).
* although he once proved "fallible", in that he fell. (how funny I am...
Hmm, no, you needn't answer, really)
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 Hmm, no, you needn't answer, really)
Would that he were "infallAble"; then he might not have gotten into such 
a pickle. (See, I can be as funny as you [is that difficult?] :)
Joey's warming as we speak (write, that is) but he will always be "COOL!"
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 Joey's warming as we speak (write, that is) but he will always be "COOL!"
By the way, is Joey pronounced /dZ&ui/ (& ==> schwa; /&u/ is always /ou/ in
AmEng, isn't it?) or "joy", in British English?
Bye, FB
-- 
Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 AmEng, isn't it?) or "joy", in British English?
& ==> schwa
dZ ==> English "j"
Bye, FB
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Io ho deciso di rifiutarmi di vederlo: Ettore con la faccia di Eric Banana
mi fa venire i conati.
(commento sul film "Troy" su it.fan.scrittori.tolkien)

 AmEng, isn't it?) or "joy", in British English?
I don't know what &u (schwa+u) is supposed to sound like.
More like dZou-ii ("long" o). You'll even hear dZou-ui (ui=Eng "we"). Did 
you ever watch "Friends"? Isn't Joey still Joey in Italian? Or does he 
become "Beppo" ? :-D
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I am Ketzl's stooge.
Un-not my address if you wanna reply.

become "Beppo" ? :-D
He's Joey, but they've changed the surname from Tribbiani to Triviani,
don't know why. IIRC the name in Italian is pronounced somewhat
correctly, while Phoebe is completely wrong (it's pronounced FEH-bell
instead of FEE-bee). Who cares, I watch it in English. :) Well, I
watched it. :( Now Friends is ended. :/
Let's hope its spin-off - Joey - will be good. 
Now I am really having fun with "8 Simple Rules". I thought that -
after John Ritter's death - the show was doomed, 'cause he was the
gist of the show. I couln't be more wrong. The show changed, there are
two more characters, and its core is not "one guy", but a whole
family. And it works.
Sebastiano

 
I'm having doubts about "Joey", the spin-off. Those kinds of sitcoms 
hardly ever make it any more. There was an article in the NY Times 
comparing the major broadcasters' show lists of today with those of 15 
years ago. The number of sitcoms has dwindled dramatically, replaced, sad 
to say, by "reality" shows.
I haven't seen "8 Simple Rules." I was sad to hear about John Ritter, 
though.
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though.
Who wasn't. :(
Three's Company, two is not the same.
Sebastiano

  I don't think that sitcoms are an endangered species.
The problem is that "reality shows" cost much less to make than
"normal" shows (about one third less, I heard), so TV companies can
make even more profits that way :/
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LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- British researchers said microwave  
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make even more profits that way :/
You are right. Let's hope we'll always have sitcoms to watch.
Sebastiano

 Raymond is ended.
Questo uso del passivo (presente) mi suona proprio strano. Non sarebbe
meglio dire "(has) ended", o "finished" o "is over", o magari "was ended"
se e' gia' finito o "is going to be ended" se finira' presto?
[...]
ciao
Gennaro

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Assolutamente sě. Suona male anche a me, si dice "has ended".
Friends has ended, is over.
Al posto di "is going to be ended" direi "is going to end"
Sebastiano

 Al posto di "is going to be ended" direi "is going to end"
Io pure, ma forse "is going to be ended" può significare "lo faranno
finire", o no?
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Ciao,
Anna

finire", o no?
Forse, ma in quel caso direi "is going to be cancelled".
Sebastiano

 Sebastiano
ciao
Gennaro

il lamento di un fan deluso in polemica coi produttori...
"is going to be cancelled" non è "comunicato ufficiale". L'ho sentito
molte volte tra i fan, in contesti molto informali. Non ho mai sentito
"is going to be ended" applicato ad uno show, ma questo non significa
che non si possa usare.
Però "is going to be cancelled" si usa ed è perfettamente normale per
un fan dirlo. Da un fan mi aspetterei "the show is going to end" o
"they are going to cancel the show" o espressioni simili. "The show is
going to be ended" mi suona male. Con "end" mi aspetterei "the show is
going to end" e se voglio usare "end" ma dire che lo faranno finire,
direi "they are going to end the show", ma non "the show is going to
be ended", che non mi suona benissimo come frase informale detta da un
fan.
Sebastiano

 make even more profits that way :/
Secondo me c'č un altro problema. Per motivi a me ignoti e incomprensibili,
forse agli americani piacciono quelle cose. Ieri ho visitato il ng di un
telefilm americano, e tonnellate di messaggi non parlavano del telefilm, ma
erano, per cosě dire, metatelevisivi (si puň dire?): parlavano dei
contratti degli attori, di quello che facevano gli attori quando non
recitavano in quel telefilm, cercavano di trovare ragioni economiche in
tutte le trame (l'hanno fatto morire perché cosě poi...), come se *la cosa*
non fosse il telefilm, ma tutto quello che ci gira intorno (che č piů
"reale", se vogliamo, ma a chi dovrebbe importare?). Insomma, chi parlava
*del* telefilm?
Ciao, FB
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L'importante č che risplenda tu, sola primadonna e immarcescibile leggenda
del tuo pianerottolo.
(Lucangel su it.cultura.libri)

 Once again I (and this time I'm pleased to) stand corrected! :)
To think that  her name is a variation on the Italian musical term
"con dolcezza" (which tells to play "with sweetness")!
-- 
"if the speed of light were sixty miles per hour, life would be
youthful, fast, and dark."
http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0587.html

 "con dolcezza" (which tells to play "with sweetness")!
BTW, the lady is in Rome today.
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