Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: The pitfalls of acronyms

The Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi have a nice little website:
http://www.centovalli.ch
.
Pity about the e-mail address...
-- 
Mary

> Pity about the e-mail address...
località ventosa? ^_^

 Pity about the e-mail address...
Ecologico! Il metano ti da' una mano...
Ciao
Fabio

Pity about the e-mail address...
ROTFL
Sebastiano
-- 
Your brain at this moment is composed of brigades of tiniy Bolivian
soldiers. They are tired and muddy from their long march through the
night. There are holes in their boots and they are hungry, They need
to be fed. They need the Bolivian Marching Powder.

 The Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi have a nice little website:
I once saw across a field on a dark (but not sinister) evening: F A R T lit
up in giant red letters. I didn't oblige!
Assitalia anyone?
Zz

 Assitalia anyone?
Yup :) There was also this image spreading around of this pub called
"blowjob" something, and don't ask what they thought it meant when they were
thinking this up...
-- 
Giovanni Bajo

 "blowjob" something
    A Chinese brand of bycicles was called "Golden Cock". They had to modify
the logo and denomination when they decided to export their products
abroad...
    Ciao,
            Nicola
--
Multa non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus sunt
difficilia (Seneca).
[it, en, ru, es, (fr, pt, la, zh, ar)]

 products abroad...
Then there was the gay hangout hamburger joint called 'Bun Busters'.

 products abroad...
Well, then there would be this big Japanese game producer called "Sega",
which is pronounced like the italian word world-wide *but* in Italy, where
we say "see-ga", because the marketing guys decided that "sega" would have
been... uhm... misleading for young teenagers. Still, many games have a
voice over the logo which pronounces it the "correct" way!
-- 
Giovanni Bajo

 we say "see-ga",
Do we? I am not in the game consoles, I just didn't know :)
("I am not in... ": e` giusto? Intendo dire: non mi occupo, non
seguo....)
-- 
"It does exactly what it says on the tin'"
it performs just as it claims

thinking this up...
I remember a pub somewhere near Verona where there is a cocktail whose
name is 'blowjob'.
I called the waitress, I asked for a blowjob, she gave it to me and I
paid. ^_^
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paid. ^_^
May I ask how much they go for these days?
thanks
Ari

May I ask how much they go for these days?
IIRC it was 5 euros. ;)
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 seguo....)
No, "I'm not into game consoles" is what you were looking for.
-- 
Giovanni Bajo

 paid. ^_^
LOL!
-- 
Giovanni Bajo

*cough* Fight Club *cough*
Great movie. ;)
But if you want something awful, rent "Van Wilder". You will never eat
something with cream again. Ah, the movie is crap.
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Mary Cassidy typed:
: The Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi have a nice little website:
: 
http://www.centovalli.ch
.
:
: Pity about the e-mail address...
Whoever travels to Sweden will be amused to read the street signs about
"infart", "utfart" and "genomfart"; and I still keep an article from a local
newspaper about a "fartkamera" in Dalarna.
jacopo
--
www.ordet.it
icq 62018455

 voice over the logo which pronounces it the "correct" way!
Yes. Then there was that coffee advert where the lady asks for a "Sega
fredda moment..."
*ah-hem* or something like that! Excuse my French. I loved the way she said
"moment"!

paid. ^_^
What did she give you exactly?:)
bye
Knowledge Man

Pity about the e-mail address...
I see that the Italian subsidiary of the UK power company Powergen
Italia have for some reason changed their URL from 
http://www.powergenitalia.com/
  to
www.batterychargerpowergen.it

What did she give you exactly?:)
It was something that began with cock.
Yes, I remember, t'was a cocktail.
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It was something that began with cock.
You mean your cock or her cock?:)
Bye
Knowledge Man

You mean your cock or her cock?:)
Tail's one.
Sebastiano/cocky
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 something with cream again. Ah, the movie is crap.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll see if I can find it around. Maybe
BlockBuster's got it.
Uhm, on second thought, I love cream, I'm not sure I want to start disliking
it :)
-- 
Giovanni Bajo

 
www.batterychargerpowergen.it
ROFL! What an infortunate first choice!
-- 
Giovanni Bajo