Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Try this little test

It seems not to be working for Italians.
At least for the ones who don't spaek English very well...
http://guest.btinternet.com/~comic.strip/tinytest.htm
cheers,
Peltio

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Tried ...tried... just four, sigh! Above average is not enough..
Peltio <pel...@twilight.zone> wrote in message
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 Peltio
"If you caught six, you are a genius. "
Caspita! Potete non crederci, ma ho contato le F una sola volta, e ho fatto
6! I'm a genius... perhaps.
Ciao!
Filippo

>It seems not to be working for Italians.
Peltio, I got 5!  I missed the last one and I counted them 3
times....oooooppppssss!
was I supposed to count only once?
Sorry!
Arianna

Peltio
ciao
Gennaro
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Dovresti essere contento.
In genere, sono i madrelingua che falliscono miseramente questo test,
forse perché non fanno caso alle parole piccole come "if".
Io ho trovato tutte le F solo perché conoscevo già il test. La prima
volta ne ho contate 3 anch'io. 
Mio figlio è risultato un genio... I'll never hear the last of it.
Mary

"If you caught six, you are a genius. "
[...]
I caught seven.
Here I am, waiting for the Nobel prize...
;o)))
Frank

 
http://guest.btinternet.com/~comic.strip/tinytest.htm
Io ho fatto 4. Essendo molto ma molto madrelingua italiana, credo significhi
che correggere bozze non fa per me...
Ciao
Anna
(bel test!)


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At least for the ones who don't spaek English very well...
And I don't, evidentemente. I only got 2, I _must_ be an idiot!
Grazie Peltio, avevo proprio bisogno di un'iniezione di autostima oggi....
Cristina

 Grazie Peltio, avevo proprio bisogno di un'iniezione di autostima
oggi....
funny.
I've got all six of them and I feel the same.
but I must confess that I've read the message backwards to avoid messing
letters with words (this century's candidate for the lamest excuse ever)
Comunque, meno ne prendi e maggiore è la tua vicinanza ad un madrelingua.
Per questo ho detto che non funziona con gli italiani. Uno che non parla
per niente inglese, credo, le prenderebbe tutte e sei.
Si può fare un esperimento simile anche in italiano, scrivendo i nomi dei
colori con pennarelli di colori differenti (ad esempio BLU con il colore
rosso, VERDE con il marrone...). Se cerchi di dire il colore di ciascuna
scritta leggendola è facilissimo che ti confonda, proprio perchè associ la
parola con il concetto che ci sta dietro.
Vale solo se conosci la lingua. Se lo fai in Swahili non ne sbagli una...
saluti,
oitleP

 was I supposed to count only once?
American Italians !
All alike. They never struggle to follow any rule.
: )
Hasta siempre,
Peltio
PS
Yeah, everybody already knows I don't speak a word of Spanish.
Don't rub it in...
; )))))

>American Italians !
Ah that's funny! It's Italian-American ....not American-Italian!!!!! (at least
over here).    ITALIAN  always comes first.  Isn't that the way it should be? 
Don't you agree?  
Ciao 
Arianna

 Is this old fashioned or is it still a viable alternative to 'Italian
American'?
If the Italian-American were a scientist, and he or she were born in Italy, it
would be a fine replacement for Italian-American. In other cases, I would not be
so fermi about it.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 Don't you agree?
Well, yes. Thanks.
BTW, in my old physics textbook, the expression
"Italian born American scientist" is used.
Is this old fashioned or is it still a viable alternative to 'Italian American'?
saluti,
Peltio

 USA
No uncertainty at all?
How about italomerican?
cheers,
Loki
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Loki
I'd suggest Italo-American. The term Italo-Australian is widely used here.
Raymot
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American'?
Peltio, it's still used.  In fact, I think it's used very frequently, but I
just hate it!  It sounds like an oxymoron to me.  I guess it would all depend
on what you consider "American". If you feel that by becoming a naturalized
citizen one becomes an "American", then that definition is accurate.  
Personally, I feel that Americans have a tendency to "appropriate" anything
that they consider good or of value to society (please don't send me any nasty
email) if at all possible.
So, Fermi is an Italian born American scientist.  Well, I say Fermi is an
Italian scientist, period.  If you stopped someone on the street and asked "Was
Fermi American or Italian?" I am sure they would say "Italian" (provided they
knew who Fermi was!) Notice that Anericans never say that Michael Collins
(Apollo 11) was an Italian born American astronaut..ok...not the best analogy,
but you get the picture.  I think that the relevance and importance of
America's contributions to society make it unnecessary to label as "American"
those who are not.
I'll get off my soap box now.
ciao
Arianna