Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Some words

Would someone explain the meaning of the following words and expressions 
and maybe even supply a proper translation for them?
- "One-column story": is it a common expression---meaning "short 
article", for example---or is it just an article that is just one column 
long? The word "trafiletto" sprang to ming at first, but it seems much 
too short to be a correct translation.
- "The final verdict of the final court" (after many appeals). The 
Picchi is no help here. I understand "final verdict" and "final court" 
are precise concepts.
"Masked black-and-white ball", elsewhere in the same text "ball in black 
and white". I feel dense, but what is black and white?
- "Honey funny bunnies". I'm pretty sure this expression is reminiscent 
of another.
Bye, FB

 another.
Let's hope not.

 Let's hope not.
I don't lack fantasy, at least. I'd still appreciate
if someone could be of assistance here.
Bye, FB

 Let's hope not.
Maybe this?
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:YotaHaqaJyIJ:www.filmsite.org/whos3.html+%22honey+funny+bunny%22&hl=it&gl=it&ct=clnk&cd=3
Shortened: 
http://snipurl.com/n96p
Has anyone read the play/watched the film in italian?
Bye, FB

 if someone could be of assistance here.
I think you mean imagination. Be careful reading too much Harry Potter,
there's a difference between fantasy and imagination.
But, being in a generous mood, I did a quick search on the suspicion (after
viewing the URL you posted) that it was simply a line from the dialog in
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. And indeed it is:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Who's_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F
In the course of a wicked game of George's invention, Honey pretends to be a
bunny. Funny?

 bunny. Funny?
I've asked on it.arti.cinema whether someone remembers the line in 
Italian. I googled up many combinations with "coniglio" and 
"coniglietto" in them, but found nothing.
Thank you very much.
Bye, FB
Bye, FB

 in them, but found nothing.
I don't know the context from which this term surfaced other than the Albee
reference. If this is where you found it originally, then I would say that
its significance is confined to the irony of George mouthing such childish
words to his sweet and innocent guest while a very deep, black, and bitter
battle of vindictive innuendo raged between him and Martha.

 reference.
That that's a reference to Albee's play, I'm pretty sure by now. I hoped 
I'd find out how the line "Honey, funny bunny" was translated into 
Italian (the play was published by Einaudi).
Thank you.
Be, FB


"Final verdict" is not a legal term, and moreover, it is redundant,
since there is one and only one verdict in a trial. A case may be
appealed to a higher court, until the case reaches the highest court
to which it can be appealed, and the verdict of this "court of last
resort" may be described as the final verdict in the case,  since the
case can be appealed no higher. In the US, certain types of cases can
only be appealed to a certain level of court, while others may be
appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. The term may be found in
journalists' descriptions of the status of a case. The term is also
used (incorrectly) in phrases such as "the final verdict on Bush's
presidency is not yet in", when "verdict" by itself would suffice.
"Final court" is not a legal term, but rather a journalistic shorthand
which might be used to describe the status of a case in a court.
Again, it will be found in a journalist's description of the status of
a case which has reached the highest court to which it can appeal.
Joe from Massachusetts

 which might be used to describe the status of a case in a court.
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Very good to know. Thanks.
Bye, FB