Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Come si dice in inglese "tutto il mondo è paese"?

come da oggetto: qual è la versione inglese, o meglio americana di 
"tutto il mondo è paese"?
Il contesto è questo:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/02/libby.sentence/index.html
saluti,
Peltio
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/02/libby.sentence/index.html
I don't think that you're looking for "All the world is a village".
Perhaps "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"? 

 
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/02/libby.sentence/index.html
Io ho trovato (sul Garzanti) "it's the same the whole world over". Bruttino
eh?
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Ciao,
Anna

Tony the Ice Man ha scritto:
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The Italian idiom means something like "Don't think that other places
in the world have no problems". It is a set phrase you say to someone
who complains about his country or town.
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Cingar

 taken as a disclaimer.

 > who complains about his country or town.
My answer was tongue-in-cheek. You can say 'people are the same everywhere' 
although that usually has a positive connotation in English. I'm afraid that 
an American who wanted to say 'we have problems but so do other places' 
would tend to punctuate the communication with an expression of nationalist 
tone. For example, he might say "Our health care system sucks, but I'd still 
rather get sick here than any other place." Let's hope that Michael Moore's 
film 'Sicko' has some affect on that opinion. 

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Why 'bruttino' ? It was my first thought on reading the original post .
Mike 

 Why 'bruttino' ? It was my first thought on reading the original post .
E' solo che non mi sembra molto immaginifico :)
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Ciao,
Anna

 film 'Sicko' has some affect on that opinion.
Although the original idiom says "tutto il mondo", it doesn't
necessarily have to be international. E.g., how would an American say
that the Okahoma health system sucks, but the health systems in most
other (US) states aren't any better?
The Italian idiom is also used as a mild counter-argument for racist
or biased statements. E.g. if someone says that people from Some-Place
are all thieves (or that all thieves come from Some-Place), you name a
notorious thief from Some-Other-Place and conclude: "Tutto il mondo è
paese".
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Cingar

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It was mine, too. I don't find it unacceptable at all.
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 other (US) states aren't any better?
I don't think that Oklahoma has a health system. Surprised?


I think "It's a small world" is very immaginificante. :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

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This week, Michael Moore, the director of the documentary 'Sicko' about the
health care system in the USA, was interviewed on CNN. I found the interview
so funny and honest that I thought Italian readers might enjoy this peek
into what really happens in the US regarding the media and important issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpKoN40K7mA
It's about 15 minutes long, but I think it's fairly easy to understand for
those at an intermediate level of English comprehension.

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  R O T F L ! 
Now that was some serious necroposting.
Please excuse me. 
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people are the same the whole world over


You can ever creating...
All world is neighborhood. :-)

Amleto, il danese (+intelligenza -cacao) ha scritto:
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it's the same the whole world over!!!!