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

So what does "touristic" mean in English? I have asked two australians. 
The educated one said there is no such word, the uneducated one said it 
refers to something like a souvenir, for tourists. There is one entry on 
the Merriam Webster, but it isn't of much help. Is it just an old 
fashioned word?
Thanks!
Enrico il Pentolaio, from TX.

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On the contrary, the M-W entry is right on the mark. It's an adjective 
relating to tourism. It's not widely used, most likely because it's been 
replaced by the noun "tourist" as an adjective.
-- 
Joe/Joey da New York
English as she is spoken (and sometimes written) in the US.
"English as She Is Spoke" is the common name of a 19th century book credited 
to Josï¿œ da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino, which was intended as a 
Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a 
classic source of unintentional humour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_As_She_Is_Spoke

 replaced by the noun "tourist" as an adjective.
So if I want to use it, does it have the exact same meaning as 
'turistico' in Italian?
Thanks.

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Yes, I believe it does, but I suggest you use "tourist" as an adjective 
instead, in most cases.
Can you give a couple of examples where you want to use it?
My point is, "touristic" isn't commonly used, at least not in the US.
It's a tourist trap.
It's a tourist haven.
They have a tourist menu (which should be avoided!)
Even the example that M-W gives, "The touristic tradition of visiting Rome by 
night" could use "tourist" instead.
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 My point is, "touristic" isn't commonly used, at least not in the US.
Yeah. I guess I just shouldn't ask random Australians, when they have 
the thickest accent ever.
:-D
Enrico il Pentolaio, from New Mexico.

 Questo e' un posto prettamente turistico.
This is a typical tourist spot.
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I thought you were in New York.
Joe from Massachusetts 

 I thought you were in New York.
I was there for five days before Christmas. I've been travelling through 
the nouthern States, and I'm now at the Grand Canyon. Next stops: Las 
Vegas,  San Diego, LA and San Francisco. Then back to campus. :-)
Enrico il Pentolaio.

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If you could visit only one natural wonder in the US, it would have to be 
the Grand Canyon. Too bad you couldn't be there in warmer weather. The 
nearby Great Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest are a nice side trip. I made 
a brief  foray into Gallup, New Mexico when I drove from the Canyon across 
to the headquarters of the Navajo Nation at Window Rock.
I spent about six months in Fort Hood, Texas. There are as many US Army 
soldiers at Fort Hood as there are in all of the rest of the world. My only 
fond memory of Texas is the armadillos. I would have liked to have visited 
San Antonio and Austin.
You can have Las Vegas - it's our Dubai. :>) The nearby nuclear test site, 
with its much higher than normal background radiation, is to be avoided.
The only thing I really liked about LA was the large number of beaches 
within easy reach of the city.
San Diego's weather is the best in the country. They have the best Zoo in 
the country, and the Zoo's Wild Animal Park, located outside the city, is a 
marvel. I hope you get to try the beaches, if it warms up a bit. The 
approach path to the airport is a little unnerving, because you seem to be 
flying between the tall buildings in the city as you land.
San Francisco has only one fault - there are no beaches, which may be a good 
thing, because of the cold water and the sharks.
I'm glad to see you have avoided most of the frigid weather.
Joe from Massachusetts

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My advice: skip stupid Las Vegas and visit the Grand Canyon and Yosemite 
Park.
Trust me in this.
ciao, Janis 

 Trust me in this.
?!?!
Trust me on that.
J. 

 Trust me in this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064471/
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sharp object sticking out of his chest".
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Years ago, when there were no casinos in California, I flew out to LA for a
job interview. I spent the day in downtown LA checking out my potential new
workplace, and was amazed at how many people were waiting for Friday night
so they could drive the 270 miles to Las Vegas. Even more amazing was the
fact that they did this on a regular basis.
Once my wife and I went on vacation to California. We thought we would check
out Las Vegas on the way there, so we flew to Las Vegas and rented a car.
The prices for hotels seemed high, so after a brief tour of
the town, we headed West toward California, and as we were approaching the
California border, we stopped at a little place called Jean's Caf� to get
something to eat. We discovered that in Nevada, almost every restaurant has
a mini-casino, and this tiny place even had a Blackjack dealer. We spent a
few dollars on the slots after our meal, and then headed out to Furnace
Creek in Death Valley, California.
There are two casinos in nearby Connecticut within an easy drive of my home,
and I have yet to visit either one.
When I was stationed in Vicenza, I spent many a weekend in Venice, but
visiting the casin� was never on my list of priorities.
Yosemite is a gem, as are the big trees at Kings Canyon and Sequoia National
Parks.
Joe from Massachusetts


Ooops, I forgot that San Francisco does have one other major fault - the San 
Andreas fault. :>)
Joe from Massachusetts 

 Park.
I'm now in Vegas. Last night at 2am most places started to empty out. 
Ok, it was Sunday night... but, in Vegas! Disappointing.
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 I'm glad to see you have avoided most of the frigid weather.
Yes, it's a group tour across the south, mainly. Well, in winter, I 
couldn't do otherwise.
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 Parks.
I was thinking about going on a one-day trip to Yosemite from SF, but 
it's 'slightly' expensive for being just a one-day trip. It's around 140 
bucks.
Enrico il Pentolaio.

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For me, the most impressive thing about Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia 
was the big trees.
There are two types of giant redwoods - Sequoia Sempervirens, also known as 
the "Coast Redwood" (very tall, rather slender trees) and Sequoia Gigantesca 
(not as tall as the Sempervirens, but of immense diameter).
The Sequoia Sempervirens is found in the Muir Woods National Monument, 
located about an hour's drive North of San Francisco.
The Sequoia Gigantesca is found in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in 
Yosemite, and in Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
I hope you get a chance to see the trees at Muir Woods. Some are over 1,000 
years old.
Joe from Massachusetts
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 Sequoia National Parks.
How do you pronounce "Yosemite" and "Sequoia"?
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"Dï¿œsormais pour apprendre le franï¿œais, il faudra savoir le
franï¿œais."
                -- Coluche (Michel Colucci)

 fault - the San Andreas fault. :>)
This joke is hard to translate!
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How many people dies by sharks every year in the world?
How many people dies by wasps every year in the world?
Are wasps more dangerous than sharks?
Are there any wasps in SF?
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                -- Mae West


http://dictionary.infoplease.com/yosemite
http://dictionary.infoplease.com/sequoia
Joe from Massachusetts 

 How do you pronounce "Yosemite" and "Sequoia"?
Neghero' di averlo fatto, ma se li dovesse scrivere un italiano sarebbero: 
iosemiti e sicuoia. Adoro il fatto che in Italia (tra la gente normale, non 
tra linguisti o appassionati, ovviamente) lo spelling o la pronuncia di una 
parola si faccia in questo modo. :)
ciao, Janis

 ciao, Janis
Ciao Gï¿œnis
probabilmente io indicherei le posizioni degli
accenti: "iossï¿œmiti", con 'ss' per indicare la S sorda,
e "siquï¿œia" con la Q, va bene lo stesso, non occorre mettere la
C come in "scuï¿œla".
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"Britain is not an island...well, yes it is, but..."
                -- Unidentified MP, on BBC Radio 4

 by anyone.
Nevada, besides being the only state whose economy depends on gambling, is 
also the only state where prostitution is legal.
That leads to some interesting questions.
Are there casinos within casin�s, or maybe there are casin�s within casinos?
Joe from Massachusetts 

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In the Veneto, they say "xe un gran casin". Would that cover a combination 
of the two?
Joe from Massachusetts 

 within casinos?
Che casino!
Are these words equivalent?
brothel
whorehouse
bawdy-house
(any other?)
-- 
Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.
Conscience makes egotists of us all.
    -- Oscar Wilde


cathouse
There was a famous madam who eventually became mayor of  Sausalito, 
California, which is just across the bay from San Francisco, where she had 
her cathouse.
�It was said by Herb Caen, writer for the San Francisco Chronicle that "the 
United Nations was founded at Sally Stanford's whorehouse", because at the 
founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco in June 1945, 
many of the delegates were customers of Sally Stanford and a large part of 
the actual negotiations took place in the living room of her cathouse.�
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Stanford
Joe from Massachusetts 

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That was before the Legge Merlin.
Joe from Massachusetts 

 That was before the Legge Merlin.
In Italy prostitution is not illegal in itself, however it is
illegal organize or take profit of prostitution.
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"So many men, so little time."
                -- Mae West


knocking-shop (may be just UK , whereas cathouse is just US)
Mike 

 knocking-shop (may be just UK , whereas cathouse is just US)
Are they legal in the UK?
Which one of those words is the most neutral for a general
usage?
p.s. any address? :-)
-- 
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that
every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
    -- Oscar Wilde


brothel
In the days when speech was more circumspect , 'house of ill repute' was a 
frequent euphemism . In the past , the terms 'bordello' or sometimes 
'lupanar' were used . I dare say there are others , but it's not my 
specialist field :)
Mike 

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Ho sentito dire "bordello" in un recente episodio di un serial americano 
. "Lupanare" invece l'ho sentito pronunciare poche volte da un italiano, 
anche se nell'antica Roma si chiamavano cos�. Fa strano che l'uso sia 
stato magari pi� diffuso in Inghilterra...

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Ma che strane parole che esportiamo...
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