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

come potrei dire la seguente frase:
 " le posso cucire il foglio nella ricevuta"
 credo che la cucitrice sia = seamstress
 "can I steampol the sheet on recipt"
e' cosi la traduzione?
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e' cosi la traduzione?
"steampol"?
If you really mean seamstress, you could say "I can sew the sheet to
the receipt". "cucire ... nella" has me a bit worried. What does this
mean, exactly?
Or is "cucitrice" something else here, such as "stapler"? Seamstresses
sewing receipts to things would only make sense in the context of some
kind of joke.
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 Or is "cucitrice" something else here, such as "stapler"?
:)
That's it. The sentence should go something like "If you like, I can staple
the sheet to the invoice".
I think "foglio" is a bit to vague, though, is that an order, a form, a
coupon, a tally sheet?
ciao,
Janis

 credo che la cucitrice sia = seamstress
Giusto per sgombrare il campo, seamstress è una "signora che cuce",
una sarta. L'attrezzo da ufficio detto "cucitrice" in italiano
("spillatrice" in Toscana, però :-)) si chiama "stapler" (cfr. Janis).
Ciao,
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coupon, a tally sheet?
Sometimes translation is hard. I remember completely failing to
explain the "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need aftershave" joke
to a class of Italians.
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Adam Atkinson (
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 ("spillatrice" in Toscana, perņ :-)) si chiama "stapler" (cfr. Janis).
"Spillatrice" anche in Campania (e infatti, diciamo "spillare" un foglio
;-)).

 to a class of Italians.
I don't get it either :(
B.
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 I don't get it either :(
sarei una donna?
ciao,
alessandro

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I guess the context would have helped - like knowing that one is talking to
a woman. :)
B.

I don't get it either :(
That's just the punchline, not the whole joke. The whole joke goes:
Man: I'd like to buy some aftershave.
Shop assistant: Certainly sir. Walk this way.
Man: If I could walk that way I wouldn't need aftershave.
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Adam Atkinson (
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Anvedi oh che roba!

Man: If I could walk that way I wouldn't need aftershave.
ROTFL!
Sebastiano
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Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.

 Man: If I could walk that way I wouldn't need aftershave.
Ah! Now, THAT's funny. :)
B.

 Man: If I could walk that way I wouldn't need aftershave.
Carino :) E' intraducibile comunque.
Giovanni

 Carino :) E' intraducibile comunque.
Mah, si potrebbe provare con:
- Passi da questa parte.
- Se passassi dalla sua parte, non avrei bisogno di dopobarba...
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 - Se passassi dalla sua parte, non avrei bisogno di dopobarba...
Non č male, ma ci ho messo 5 minuti a capirla, e la sapevo di gią in inglese
:)
Giovanni

 Ciao,
Grazie BellaIsa :-D
Grazie a tutti adesso ho le idee un po meno confuse di prima.
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Da noi (Mantova) si dice soprattutto "ganciatrice", ma credo sia piů
colloquiale.
Luke