Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Problema di comprensione

Scusate la richiesta anomala, ma non riesco a capire una parola in
questo pezzetto di Friends. Siccome stiamo facendo il transcript della
puntata, mi servirebbe proprio comprenderla.
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/sebapop/friends.zip
Su questo sito c'è il file mp3 zippato. Se qualcuno avesse la pazienza
di scaricarlo, unzipparlo e ascoltarno, ne sarei felicissimo.
Proprio non riesco a venirne fuori...
Questa è la trascrizione:
Prof: That's not all what I am allergig to.
Ross: Oh, it's not over.
Prof: I am also allergic to peanuts and cashews and almonds and [...]
Ross: So, basically, all nuts!
Sebastiano
-- 
Por una mirada, un mondo;
por una sonrisa, un cielo;
por un beso... yo no sé
qué te diera por un beso.

 puntata, mi servirebbe proprio comprenderla.
E quale sarebbe la parola che non riesci a comprendere?
Ciao
Fabio

E quale sarebbe la parola che non riesci a comprendere?
Ehm, quella indicata con [...]. Dopo "almonds and" che poi Ross
interrompe.
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 Ho mandato il file ad un amica nel Vermont .
Ecco la sua risposta :
It sounds like he's saying "hilberts" but it must be "filberts" since the
other guy goes on to say, "basically, all nuts" and a filbert is a nut.
Yours
Sal

other guy goes on to say, "basically, all nuts" and a filbert is a nut.
Well, thanks! I heard something like hilberts, but I didn't wrote it
like that and I'd never get the meaning "filbert".
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 like that and I'd never get the meaning "filbert".
Filbert = nocciola :)
Avrei dovuto pensarci prima! :)

Avrei dovuto pensarci prima! :)
The ponit is that I didn't new that word, I only new "hazelnut", which
is clearly not what he'is saying. And I mispelled it. I didn't wrote
Hilbert but : Vilbirds. I don't know why, but I heard the /v/ sound,
which is closer to the /f/ one he should have said (they are a pair),
but, you know, he didn't. :)
Well, now I know another fruit, the filbert, or another name for a
fruit I already knew. I have to discover if a filbert is one thing and
the hazelnut another or if they are pretty much the same stuff or if
they share the same meaning.
I'm pretty sure that "filbert" and "hazelnut" are the same fruit.
"The edible nut of a hazel, having a hard smooth brown shell. Also
called filbert" --> 
dictionary.com
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The ponit
Well, that's new too. :)
Of course "point". And I am afraid to read more, so if my keyboard
decided to play Scrabble, well, I'll try to unscramble the message.
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 I'm pretty sure that "filbert" and "hazelnut" are the same fruit.
No, but they are the same nut.

No, but they are the same nut.
Yeah, but isn't a nut a fruit? A "something" that contains the seed.
fruit: The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together
with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide
variety of forms.
nut: An indehiscent, hard-shelled, one-loculated, one-seeded fruit,
such as an acorn or hazelnut.
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 Yeah, but isn't a nut a fruit? A "something" that contains the seed.
It's not called that in everyday English, though.
A nut is a sort of generic word for "frutta secca", but not including
raisins and such like.
-- 
Mary

raisins and such like.
Thanks.
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