Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: "fare la corte"

How would you say that in English?
Meant, obviously, as the process a man goes through to conquer a woman's 
heart.

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I've always heard "to woo" in TV series, whilst "corteggiamento" should be 
"courtishp" ("well, our courtship was brief and magnetic", says one of my 
favourite songs :-) 

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court
verb [ trans. ] dated
be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying : he 
was courting a girl from the neighboring farm | [ intrans. ] we went to the 
movies when we were courting.
-- 
Joey DoWop Dee
Remember: It is To Laugh.

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harassment?
rape?

Joeva:nnee Neema:n

rape?
coerced 3some?
snuff action?
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a native English speaker recently told me that "to court" is a bit
obsolete now, but I cannot remember what they say now in England
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un lungo giorno -
al suo commiato,
va e resta uno sbadiglio

 heart.
Non è proprio nell'accezione che cerchi tu, ma mi hai fatto ricordare questo 
passo:
<<People knew that they were courting and, when he sang about the lass that 
loves a sailor, she always felt pleasantly confused.>>
Ora dimmi da dove l'ho preso senza guardare su Google. :-P
Tschau,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
-- 
Suit up! 

 obsolete now, but I cannot remember what they say now in England
"To hit on"? It's not exactly the same though.

 
Oh, maybe it wasn't clear from my definition: "dated" means "old."
The only alternative I could think of was "to woo", which was originally 
posted, but that has an element of "old humor" to it
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I think the problem stems from the fact that the concept is dated, not just 
the term.
Do men really "court" women any more? It's more an equal playing-field. As 
you point out, the closest thing is along the lines of "hit on", but it 
surely isn't the same.
For the intransitive use ("They're courting") there are myriad options:
They're dating
They're seeing each other
They're going out
They're involved
They're XXXXXing <smirk>
etc.
Equal playing field.
But for him to be courting her (or vice-versa) I can't come up with anything.
My Italian is pessimo, but even to me "fare la corte" seems old-fashion, no?
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 no?
Anche a me sembra cosi'. Io sento dire "ci prova con quella" e mi vengono in 
mente alcune frasi idiomatiche anche se anche loro suonano un po' ridicole, 
tipo 'put the moves on somebody' oppure 'to spark' (he had been sparking her 
for 2 yrs!), anche il verbo romance (he was romancing everyone in his class) 
o to spoon! hahaah erano secoli che...vabbe' :)
ciao, Janis 

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I dunno; maybe it's because I have a male mentality, but when a guy "puts the 
moves on someone" he definitely has sex as a goal.
"To court" or "to woo", on the other hand, imply, maybe, at the *most*, 
holding her hand when no one's looking.... out in public! of! course!  :-)
I remember the term "spark", too... not that I was old enough to do it at the 
time..... 
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 ciao, Janis
Che ne dici di "to come on to" (sempre nel senso esplicito di "put the moves 
on")?
E chi saprebbe tradurmi quello che noi intendiamo per "starci"?
es. Ci ho provato con lei, ma non ci stava.
      I came on to/put the moves on her, but she........

 which would it be?
"Sascha" by Jolie Holland. 

"Sascha" by Jolie Holland. 
who?
never mind...there are too many singers, as well as too many songs,
too many movies, too many books, too many comics, too mant things
Knowledge and  is getting inflationed
Queen once said that there's "too much to do in one lifetime", I think
they were a little forward  but right.
bye
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 time.....
Good boy ;)
ciao, Janis 

ragazza" means just that.
io ci sto provando con quella ragazza =
I'm hitting on that girl
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 Ora dimmi da dove l'ho preso senza guardare su Google. :-P
Bah, non si studia più la letteratura come una volta...
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 Bah, non si studia più la letteratura come una volta...
o ce la si dimentica facilmente, ancora non ho googlato, che è?

 o ce la si dimentica facilmente, ancora non ho googlato, che è?
E' tratto dall'Eveline (Dubliners) di Joyce. Dovrebbe essere una delle sue 
novelle più famose.
:-)
Tschau,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. A proposito di Eveline, ho scoperto qualche settimana fa che Evelyn 
Waugh era un uomo! (da questo deduci la mia conoscenza della letteratura 
inglese)
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Suit up! 

 sue novelle più famose.
Lo lessi tradotto, taaaanto tempo fa.
Joyce mi sa che non è facile da leggere in Inglese, o sbaglio? Ma 
tant'è, negli ultimi tempi, in Inglese, leggo solo pubblicazioni 
scientifiche...

 scientifiche...
Ma non sei tu che fai il primo anno a Lingue? La letteratura inglese non la 
si studia?
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> How would you say that in English?
to hit on someone?