Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Three star edition

Dear All,
"The **three-star** edition of the Examiner lay folded on the  ground."
Cos'è, please?
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Ciao
Anna

I don't know whether they do it anymore, but in olden times newspapers
came out in a series of editions with the latest news of the day added
to each edition.  One could identify the edition on the news stand by
the number of stars or other marks.  Three star usually referred to the
last and latest edition.
Martin

last and latest edition.
Allora da noi si chiamerebbe "l'edizione della sera", credo.
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Isa
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There could also be an "Extra! Extra! Read all about it"  edition,
apparently called an Extra.  That was truly in olden times... I delivered
papers as a youngster, but never encountered an Extra.  Sunday supplements
were bad enough.
Rick

 papers as a youngster, but never encountered an Extra.
Never encountered an Extra ? You should move to New Mexico, there is more
likely to have a third kind encounter :-))
Only kidding, Rick, forgive this poor friday fried chap.
Ciao
Giorgio

 likely to have a third kind encounter :-))
That would be a close encounter of the third kind, and probably I would have
to live in Roswell.  I lived in Las Cruces for a year and a half, but my
encounters there were only with the law.  No girlfriends or anything.  I
didn't know how good I had it.  :-)
Rick

 likely to have a third kind encounter :-))
Or Hollywood, where one may be serving your cappucino.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 "The **three-star** edition of the Examiner lay folded on the  ground."
Reading a story that takes place in San Francisco? By the way, the Examiner is
no more.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

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LOL
Las Cruces is on the way to El Paso, isn't it ?  I passed by last September,
coming from Albuquerque, and I had the impression (1) that the Land of
Enchantment has better landscapes to offer than Las Cruces. After a couple
of hours I had myself an encounter of the third kind with the Border Police
in El Paso, and a three hours later a second encounter (at White Sands).
Maybe there is something like a Las Cruces Effect....
Ciao
Giorgio
(1) not very meditated and from the highway, I must admit

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Sorry, Ron, this is too much for me. I hate to ask to explain a joke, but,
do you mean by chance that an Extra can be intended also as an Extra Border
person or that Extraterrestrials serve cappucino in Hollywood ?
Ciao
Giorgio, completely lost

 person or that Extraterrestrials serve cappucino in Hollywood ?
No, he is referring to the people used in movies to fill up a scene,
they are called extras.  Since the work isn't steady, they often have to hold
a second or third job, maybe serving cappucinos somewhere.  They don't
have any stars.  (On the other hand, as Sly Stone said, Everybody Is A Star.)
They could be extraterrestrials, but we're not supposed to know.
Rick

 Maybe there is something like a Las Cruces Effect....
Yes, that sums it up nicely.  Oh yes, the sunsets are remarkable too.
Rick

 Allora da noi si chiamerebbe "l'edizione della sera", credo.
Sě, č quello che ho pensato anch'io, ma "ultimissima edizione" puň anche
andare?
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Ciao
Anna

 By the way, the Examiner is no more.
Since when?
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Ciao
Anna

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E' vero, anch'io "Eeeedizione straordinariaaaa" l'ho sempre sentito solo nei
film!
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Ciao
Anna

 Since when?
In November of last year the SF Examiner was gobbled up by the SF Chronicle. The
Examiner had been owned by the Hearst Corporation, but it sold the Examiner name
to the Fang family so that Hearst could buy the Chronicle without antitrust law
violations (Berlusconi are you reading this?). So, in an intricate dance of
simultaneous buying and selling, the existing staff of the Examiner was merged
with the Chronicle staff to produce the new SF Chronicle newpaper. The Fangs
took control of the Examiner name, routes, and website and you can still find
their paper with the name "Examiner" in newstands.
Ciao,
Ron
USA