Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: wanna

 Un-not my address if you wanna reply.
Ogni tanto, qualcuno chiede dell'informazione sul significato di "wanna".
Letto la seguente barzelletta, vedo che bisogna anche far notare che la
porola può portare a un malinteso.
QUOTE
Bubba was fixing a door and after finding that he needed a new hinge, he
sent his wife Mary-Louise to the hardware store.
At the store Mary-Louise saw a beautiful teapot on the top shelf while she
was waiting for Joe-Bob, the manager, to finish with a customer.
When Joe-Bob was finished, Mary-Louise asked how much the teapot cost.
Joe-Bob replied, "It's silver and it costs $100!"
"My goodness, that sure is a lotta money!" Mary-Louise exclaimed.
She then told Joe-Bob about the hinge Bubba had sent her to buy, and Joe-Bob
went into the storeroom to find it.
Joe-Bob yelled, "Mary-Louise, you wanna screw for that hinge?"
Mary-Louise replied, "No, but I will for the teapot."
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Xakero

 Mary-Louise replied, "No, but I will for the teapot."
<LOL
  Volgare ma efficace come spiegazione .
Yours
Sal

 UNQUOTE
LOL. Dang Southerners!
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 che d'ingl non sa nulla (non è vero... cmq).
"Wanna" può significare sia "want to" che "want a". 
Il commerciante chiede "do you want a screw?" (vuole una vite?); la
cliente capisce "do you want to screw?" (vuole scopare?), e dice che lo
farebbe in cambio per la teiera.
-- 
Mary

 che d'ingl non sa nulla (non è vero... cmq).
Wanna puo` voler dire sia "want a" sia "want to"
"Screw" puo` voler dire sia "vite" sia qualcos'altro.
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 (...) farebbe in cambio per la teiera.
in cambio della teiera
per la teiera

 per la teiera
Grazie :-))
-- 
Mary

, Mary Cassidy wrote...
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Grazie, Mary. Non l'avrei potuto spiegare. Non cononsco quelle parolacce.
:)
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 "conosco" 
I'm not trying to teach you to suck eggs.

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Grazie, Mary. Non l'avrei potuto spiegare. Non cononsco quelle parolacce.
Italian Slang
http://italian.about.com/library/slang/blslangdictionaryindex.htm
Italian Jokes
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfareindex04.htm
Italian Acronyms
http://italian.about.com/library/sigla/blsiglaa.htm
Italian Proverbs
http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa081402a.htm
Swearwords:
Italian Adult Slang
http://italian.about.com/library/slang/bladultslangindex.htm
Now, I found another website, but it contains *very* offensive
swearwords, and BTW lots of words I've never heard. There words that
refer to the name of god and related expressions. Many Italians would
be *really* offended just by reading the second word on the list I'm
about to post (just the link, I won't paste the website). So, scroll
down only if you are sure you can read anything.
BLANK BUFFER (just in case) ;)
Curiosity killed the cat. Trust me, don't go in because you want to
see if it's really as offensive as I told you. It is. An Italian
religious person would never want to see those words. They are common,
and in Italian they are called "bestemmie" (singular form: bestemmia).
I am not religious, so I can read whatever I want. ;)
Here we are, are you sure? :D
www.insultmonger.com/swearing/italian.htm
Sebastiano


I stumbled across a similar site, I remember one sentence which read
something like "why don't you shit in your hand and slap your face"
LOL!. Do you guys actually say that?

 That's why I couldn't understand it. I didn't know these double-meanings...
From "The British Museum Is Falling Down" by David Lodge
QUOTE
The experience of unbridled sexuality, the casual, unpremeditated
copulation umembarassed by emotional ties or practical consequences -- the
kind of thing that happened, he understood, between strangers at wild
student parties, or to youthful electricians summoned to suburban villas on
warm spring afternoons -- this was not for him. He knew it only at second
hand, passed to him in fragments of overheard conversation in bar or
barrack room. /I tell you she had her belt and stockings off before I could
close the door...! 'What's the matter?' she says. 'Nothing,' I says, 'I'm
just looking for me screwdriver.' 'I bet you're good at screwing,' she
says.../
UNQUOTE (/corsivo/)
Bye, FB

LOL!. Do you guys actually say that?
I don't. But, for example, Romans are very famous for their creativity
when it comes to swearing. A sentence like "perché non ti caghi in
mano e di colpisci in faccia" could be uttered by an angry guy from
Rome, that for sure. Well, of course it would be "perché nun te caghi
in mano e te corpisci in faccia?" or something like that.
Sebastiano

 
We have a similar one, but it's said as an imperative, not a "suggestion" 
:) It goes:
"Sh*t in your hat and pull it down over your ears." Not very common, 
though.
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 Sebastiano
I knew it was "Cagati in mano e prenditi a schiaffi" :-)

I knew it was "Cagati in mano e prenditi a schiaffi" :-)
Even better. I didn't know that, so I've only translated it.
Definitely Roman. :)
Sebastiano

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That's it, I couldn't remember exactly. I found the site now, though I
think I'll just stick to the basics for now :)
http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/italian.htm

 Definitely Roman. :)
definitely vulgar, I'd rather say :-)

 
http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/italian.htm
anyway there's no difference between "cagare" and "cacare" you can
say it both ways.

 though.
LOL!!!!
I was just eating.... lol but that's fine anyway... lol

definitely vulgar, I'd rather say :-)
Yes. ^_^
Sebastiano

or . . .?  And what is "dinci"? 
Blasphemy in disguise. ;)
madosca is similar to Madonna, dinci is used instead of Dio. You do
the math. Anyway, that doesn't mean that who's saying those
expressions wanted to say a "bestemmia".
Dinci is short of "perdinci", as in "perdinci bacco". Perdinci is an
euphemism for "per dio"
In Veneto they say "zio can", "porca madosca", and so on.
Sebastiano

 afassificufurofo chefe eferafa efeffificafacefe. :)
Ighisiogoso ugususagasavogoso agasancheghese qugusueghesestogoso, ugusun 
pogoso' pighisiugusů cogosomplighisicagasatogoso...
:-)
Quanti rricordi...
-- 
Ciao,
Anna

couldn't figure out what that -n- was doing in there.
I wouldn't say it's Italian. Perdinci is Italian. Dinci is not
dialectal, but I'd say it's gergal. You can find "perdinci" in a
dicionary, but I don't think you'll find dinci.
Anyway, nobody says perdinci, perbacco, perdincibacco, perbaccolina,
or whatever. An adult uttering those words whould be like... like
what... like Hugh Grant in Notting Hill saying whoopsidaisies. :)
Sebastiano

 pogoso' pighisiugusų cogosomplighisicagasatogoso...
Cirighiz amber omber.
P.
-- 
Passo lento, disinvolto e spensierato degli alpini che marciano
cantando sotto le parabole successive e accanite degli shrapnels. 

Quanti ricordi...
No name for your system?
Sebastiano

 or whatever.
I do say "perbacco". 
Bye, FB

 Quanti rricordi...
Quanti pomeriggi passati a decifrare un "ciao"...
Ciao, FB

 
There are countless examples of "non-blaphemy" in the US, most of which 
have become so enculturated that they're not thought of as near-swears.
Gee! (zuz)
Geez! (ditto)
Gosh and Gosh Darn (as already noted)
Jeepers (J****)
Jeepers Creepers (J**** Ch****)
Dang!
Cripes! (Ch****)
Heck. (I once heard someone say "heckicopter" so as not to pronounce 
"hell." I do believe he was joking, though.)
That's all I can think of right now because the coffee's not ready yet.
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I do say "perbacco". 
You and who else? ;)
It's not common and the fact that you use it kinda proves that, don't
you think? :D
Sebastiano

 you think? :D
Do you mean that I'm prone to fill my discourse with obsolete expressions?
Perbaccolina, maccheddico, acciderboli, that is definitely not true.
Bye, FB

I do say "perbacco".
So, do I, perdiana!
Dico anche 'pofferbacco', e 'perdinci'.
saluti,
Peltio

Perbaccolina, maccheddico, acciderboli, that is definitely not true.
^_^
Sebastiano

Dico anche 'pofferbacco', e 'perdinci'.
Perdindirindina, I am surrounded by... by... by what? ;)
Sebastiano

That's all I can think of right now because the coffee's not ready yet.
Did you ever see The Simpsons when Homer becomes a missionary and he
says, "But I don't even believe in Jebus?"
I hear people say "Jebus" now.  :)   I like it.  It's cute.
I like "gees/geez" too, but not "gee whiz/whillickers"  or "golly
gees."  Those are too old-timey and sound rather dorky to me.
I also hear "crikey/crikies" a lot more these days.  I think it might
have come from Steve Irwin, the nutty Australian crocodile hunter.
-AZ

 have come from Steve Irwin, the nutty Australian crocodile hunter.
 
I believe you're right. I don't think the term is new, but he sure 
brought to the US.
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Perdindirindina, I am surrounded by... by... by what? ;)
Be careful.
Be _very_ careful...
saluti,
Peltio
: )

pogoso' pighisiugusų cogosomplighisicagasatogoso...
NICO !
saluti,
Pettiogarrassu

 All I'm saying is that you have to stop reading Jane Austen. ;P
I'm reading Joseph Conrad.
Bye, FB

 Pettiogarrassu
Sardo?
Ciao, FB

 
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
:(
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 :(
It's vvery different! Conrad learned English from the mariners.
Bye, FB

, FB wrote...
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Yes, I know; I [was forced to] read Conrad in the 9th grade. He's a very 
good writer, too. But now are we going to be faced with "Avast!" and 
"Ahoy!" from you?????
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Isn't whoopsidaisies the same thing as ostregheta?   :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 UNQUOTE (/corsivo/)
Good gracious! Did I start all that?
Visto quanto "screw" è diventato una parolaccia, credo che nel futuro
utilizzerò "clockwise", come verbo, questa essendo la direzione nella quale
il cacciavite viene girato per inserire una vite.
-- 
Xakero

I'm reading Joseph Conrad.
Nice choice.
Sebastiano

 No name for your system?
Mai saputo! Anche il farfallino, io l'ho sempre chiamato fa-fe-fi...
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Ciao,
Anna

Be _very_ careful...
I'll watch out.
^_^
Sebastiano

Isn't whoopsidaisies the same thing as ostregheta?   :>)
Is it? I don't know. I could be. :)
But nobody here says "ostregheta". :)
Some people say "ostrega", but that's not common either.
Sebastiano

 NICO !
Chi, quella dei Velvet Underground?
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Ciao,
Anna

 Cirighiz amber omber.
Uuuuh, č vero! Ma non mi ricordo bene, come si faceva con le frasi intere?
-- 
Ciao,
Anna

Mai saputo! Anche il farfallino, io l'ho sempre chiamato fa-fe-fi...
Hehe. Sul nome sono sicurissimo, vedi anche google.
Una curiosità, ma se tu trovassi un libro dove due si parlano ogni
tanto (due, tre volte) in Pig Latin, tradurre usando il farfallino
sarebbe un'eresia?
Bisognerebbe capire quanto sia diffuso, tra gli adulti, il Pig Latin,
e quanti conoscono il farfallino. :)
Sebastiano

 e quanti conoscono il farfallino. :)
Questo francamente lo ignoro, ma essendo entrambi abbastanza intuitivi
(alla lettura, se non all'ascolto) direi che usare il farfallino in
traduzione sarebbe un espediente più che lecito. Non augurerei a un
traduttore simultaneo di trovarsi di fronte a un caso del genere, però :-)
-- 
Ciao,
Anna

traduttore simultaneo di trovarsi di fronte a un caso del genere, però :-)
Hehehe. :)
Sebastiano

 il cacciavite viene girato per inserire una vite.
"Lefty loosey, righty tighty".(Prima regola del fai-da-te).
Joe from Massachusetts

 once. (witty face)
I prefer "cosmico!" (cit.*)
---
Ciao,
Anna
(* Chi si ricorda il prof. Fontecedro dell'Università di California?)

 "surreal but nice" is from Notting Hill. :)
really?
did you learn the whole script by heart? :-)

did you learn the whole script by heart? :-)
No. I remember some lines, that's all. :)
"surreal but nice" was a very important line in that movie.
Sebastiano

 "perņ!" or even "che storia!", but I would never say "perbacco".
I usually say "ahpperņ" with rare exceptions in which I say  "nah che
storia" :-)

 Some people say "ostrega", but that's not common either.
just in Venice I suppose, I think it means "spit".
but I'm not that sure...

 "surreal but nice" was a very important line in that movie.
mmm... interesting, *looking forward to watching it* :-)

 but I'm not that sure...
More likely a euphemism for "ostia".
-- 
Mary

 More likely a euphemism for "ostia".
I have to check it (I've just finished eating.... :-))

mmm... interesting, *looking forward to watching it* :-)
It's a nice movie. The first I've seen in English. :)
Sebastiano

More likely a euphemism for "ostia".
I guess so.
Sebastiano

 (* Chi si ricorda il prof. Fontecedro dell'Università di California?)
Di Palo Alto? Io! Diceva anche un'altra cosa, ma non me ne ricordo. Ah,
"disgustorama". (faccina sorridente)
Ciao, FB

what... like Hugh Grant in Notting Hill saying whoopsidaisies. :)
There's also "upsadaisy" which people do say.  Usually adults to
children though. 
Funny expressions.

>La Lega al Governo č talmente ridicola che ci eravamo ripromessi di
non parlarne mai. Ma dobbiamo fare un'eccezione davanti all'innovativo
testo bilingue del nuovo statuto della Lega Nord, depositato ai primi
del mese in consiglio regionale. Per realizzare quest'opera i leghisti
hanno lavorato duro. E ancora di piů per tradurlo in lingua madre. Ma
quale lingua madre? Il veneziano ostrega, lingua della capitale!, ha
spiegato con enfasi il presidente Enrico Cavaliere. Non accorgendosi
che la scelta fa incazzare l'ottanta per cento dei leghisti veneti,
che per questioni di campanile farebbero, ai veneziani, un culo cosě.
Nč si accorge che questa traduzione farebbe ridere il cento per cento
dei veneti, dai leghisti ai rifondatori. Via le doppie, via le vocali
finali e qualche esse buttata lě: neanche Alberto Soldi parla un
veneziano cosě fasullo!>>
http://www.pennarossa.it/statuto.html
Joe from Massachusetts

Chi, quella dei Velvet Underground?
No, quello di "Nico e i suoi fratelli".
Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo.
saluti,
Peltio