Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Street Italian (scusi lingua inglese)

Ciao e tutti,
I wonder if you can help me again. I am looking for some colloquial 
greetings/salutations. Roughly equivalent to things like:
How are you doing mate?
How are you doing you bastard? (only used jokingly with friends!)
You look bad! (after a late night)
You're looking good (compliment, to a man) 
You're looking good (compliment, to a woman, who really is looking good)
And some more off-colour greetings & goodbye's that will surprise my 
Italian friends.
Grazie in anticipo.
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 Italian friends.
"Ehilà, branco di idioti!"
On second thought, no. Don't use this. : )
cheers,
Peltio
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In article <mn.83b77d62e...@twilight.zone>, 
pel...@twilight.zone says...
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Hmmm very good just what I was looking for.
Except:
"Casa mia o casa tua?"
I think I won't use this unless...................
&
"Ti crederai anche di essere figo, ma non ti azzardare a provarci con 
la mia donna se no ti spezzo le braccine e le uso come stuzzicadenti"
I would think something about a woman breaking you like a 
toothpick.................help!
"Ehilà, branco di idioti!"
?? you flock of idiots?
Doesn't sound very rude in English ;0))
(sometimes learning a new language can be dangerous!)
Pip pip
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Doesn't sound very rude in English ;0))
Well, it doesn't sound nice in Italian (but context is all, right?)
Ciao,
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscali.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/index.htm

 More like a herd, pack, bunch.
Yeah, bunch of nitwits, I'd say.
saluti,
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Now that sounds really good, even in english!
"sei uno schianto"
Hmm...... In english this sounds like "You are an accident/car-crash/big 
noise" Is this really a compliment?
Pip pip
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 "Dovrebbero multarti per eccesso di bellezza", come suona? : )
Una tamarrata.
:-)

 noise" Is this really a compliment?
that's the same as "you're a sex bomb", I believe...

Direttore Galattico con il GMDG presente, è un altro.
Ma a questo punto, forse è il caso di spiegare a Chris anche che in
italiano, parlando di donne, "Ha molta personalità", "E' molto
simpatica", "Belle mani, bei capelli" e "Suona bene il pianoforte"
significano invariabilmente... "E' un cesso terrificante".
Nice to have a bit of banter every now and then, caro.
Lotta love,
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that's the same as "you're a sex bomb", I believe...
Well, not really. Could be, but not so explicitly. Here's what my
dictionary says:
(fig. fam.: cosa o persona bellissima) st. fantastic (o fabulous,
gorgeous); stunner; knockout; smasher: uno schianto di moto, a
fantastic motorbike; uno schianto di ragazza, a smashing girl; a
knockout; Oggi sei proprio uno schianto, you look gorgeous today; un
vestito che è uno schianto, a fabulous dress.
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rotfl
sorry, ma non posso che quotare!!! ;-)
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I'm a Dream!!!
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"prendila vitella, perchè vacca diventa comunque" (da icling) 

> "Dovrebbero multarti per eccesso di bellezza", come suona? : )
Sempre meglio di "Sei bella da far schifo", però.
: )
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ti prego, č terribile!
floria 

 Una tamarrata.
Prego, robba de coatti, usiamo il termine giusto.
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
17/02/2006 23.09.26

 vestito che è uno schianto, a fabulous dress.
Non rendono assolutamente la sfumatura.
Si potrebbe provare così: you really knock me down today - this suit is
really a crack.
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
17/02/2006 23.10.52

 Sempre meglio di "Sei bella da far schifo", però.
"Il miglio si spreca e gli uccellini muoiono di fame"
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
17/02/2006 23.14.13

 I think I won't use this unless...................
If you compliment an hot chick about her phisical appearence
is like if you were saying "my home or your home?" ( to her mind ).
So, beware of that!
Use carefully compliments with beautiful women and, if you do,
make sure they will be sincere.
Only a suggestion. ;-)

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pi...@people.it
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I always am!  ;o))
O.k. someone please help 
"Una tamarrata"
??????
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 ??????
Well, here where I live (Verona) a "tamarrata" is something exaggerated, of
bad taste. It's an action a "tamarro" would do.
A car with a spoiler so big you could use it as dining table for your
wedding is a "tamarrata", expecially if the car is a Fiat Uno.
It derives from the term "tamarro". A guy wearing supposed-to-be-cool
clothes, using a lot of gel, having a 1,3KG gold-plated pimp necklace
bumping on his chest, may be called "tamarro".
The term "tamarro" originates from the south of Italy.
Dal dizionario:
Tamarro
s. m. [f. -a] 
1 (merid.) zoticone, cafone 
2 (gerg.) giovane di periferia che veste alla moda, ma in maniera volgare. 
Hope this helps.
Sebastiano

, 
whoayow...@yahoo.it
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Aha!  A chav! Capisco!
See 
http://www.chavscum.co.uk/howto.php
Grazie
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 See 
http://www.chavscum.co.uk/howto.php
Kinda. :)
http://chavscum.co.uk/4images/data/media/16/Clio_chav.jpg
Questi sono tamarri, o almeno vengono considerati tali qui dalle mie parti:
www.zombo.it/pagine_tamarro/look_tamarro.htm
E qui una spiegazione dettagliata:
www.zombo.it/tamarro.htm
E questa è un'auto "tappata", ovvero con vistose elaborazioni, anche
puramente estetiche, da farla assomigliare ai modelli usati nelle gare.
www.zombo.it/pagine_tamarro/tamarro_auto.htm
Sebastiano

Sebapop ha scritto:
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LOL  :-D

 
I think that your "tamarri" look much better than our "chavs"
http://chavscum.co.uk/4images/details.php?image_id=1578
Check out the one on the right................Yeech!
(ma l'autos e lo stesso)
Pip pip
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Check out the one on the right................Yeech!
Did anyone else notice his eyebrow looks suspiciously like the McD's
logo?
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