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

Sto traducendo un fumetto e ci sono alcuni termini di gergo sulla cui 
traduzione non sono del tutto sicuro.
In particolare mi lascia perplesso un termine, "girly"; compare 
contemporaneamente nel titolo e all'interno del fumetto. Ma, mentre
per il titolo posso tranquillamente lasciarlo in originale, per 
questioni di riconoscibilità, mi stavo chiedendo come potrei renderlo in 
italiano all'interno della storia.
Il contesto è presto detto: un tipo che ci prova (insistentemente)
con una ragazza. I due si conoscono da molto tempo, eppure lui in quella 
scena non la chiama per nome ma la chiama "girly". Avevo pensato di 
tradurlo come "tipa", mi sembra si adatti bene alla situazione ed anche 
al gergo italiano.
"Ragazzina" non mi convince molto, e in più lei ha 25 anni per cui tanto 
ragazzina non è.
Nebo

 ragazzina non č.
girly e' l'inflazionata, in California di questi tempi, contrazione 
dell'aggettivo girlish (like or suitable to a girl). Se ho capito bene il 
contesto, ragazzina e' convincente. Magari e' un vezzeggiativo ironico. 
Signorina, anche. 
ciao,
alessandro

To be more specific: in this context, the term "girly" doesn't seem to 
be used as an adjective, as one would expect, but as a noun: later on, 
another character who overheard the conversation between the guy and the 
girl actually thinks that "girly" is the girl's own name.
I did some research on the web, and even used the online version of 
Webster Dictionary available at 
http://www.webster.com
All I got is the common meaning of "girly" as an adjective, which 
doesn't seem to fit with the general athmosphere of the comic. actually 
it may  be defined as "girly", but with the general sense of "girls 
things" or "girls stuff", and not as "delicate, soft". I hope I 
succesfully explained it.
Nebo

 Signorina, anche. 
Esatto, il contesto è più o meno quello...quindi direi che "tipa" 
potrebbe andare; "signorina" non ce lo vedo, visto che i due personaggi 
si conoscono da diversi anni e sono abbastanza intimi in un certo qual modo.
Il mio unico dubbio a questo punto è: "tipa" in Italia suona troppo 
"regionale"? Qui a Milano fa parte del comune gergo dei giovani: con 
"tipo" e "tipa" si indica sia il ragazzo o la ragazza di qualcuno, ma 
anche qualunque altra persona "generica". Suona troppo milanese o si usa 
  anche in altre parti d'Italia?
thanks,
Nebo

Girly used as a nound is a term of endearment. I certainly wouldn't use
"tipa" nor "ragzzina".  The closest I can think of is "piccola".
bye
ari

things" or "girls stuff", and not as "delicate, soft".
Maybe this can help:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=girly&r=f
1.  Girly
1. A pretty woman who hasn't yet lost her baby fat.
2. A woman who still have a fun, pixie, naughty side.
'bye

 "tipa" nor "ragzzina".  The closest I can think of is "piccola".
I'd be insulted if someone called me "girly".
It's more like "pupa" or "bambola", isn't it?.
-- 
Mary

 Il mio unico dubbio a questo punto č: "tipa" in Italia suona troppo 
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 I don't think it's an insulting term.  I think it's cute. I had a
boyfriend who used to call both me and his daughters "girly"  Had that
been insulting, I can assure you that his oldest "girly" would have let
him know.
Ari

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Oh, that's surprising - it sounds like a really MCP term to me.
-- 
Mary

"Mary Cassidy" <ma...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Many years ago, it was a fairly common appellation for a young girl or
woman here in the US (at least in New York City), almost always used
by young men towards young women whose names they didn't know. It was
never used by women.
If a young man saw that a girl had forgotten something on a bus, he
might have yelled out, "Hey girly" to get her attention.
I think you can hear "hey, girly" in some old movies, when a boxer is
addressing a chorus girl, or when a gangster is addressing a clerk or
a waitress.
I haven't heard the phrase used in many years, although it seems to be
coming back in vogue again among young people in newsgroups and chat
rooms on the internet, both by men and women, and the people who use
it are not aware of its original connotation.
Joe from Massachusetts

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And yes, you're right, it was definitely MCP, Mary.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Uhm, what's "MCP"?
Male Chauvinist Pig
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 Uhm, what's "MCP"?
Male chauvinist pig = maschilista.
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Mary

 And yes, you're right, it was definitely MCP, Mary.
Uhm, what's "MCP"?
Nebo


Sonofagun, and here I've been thinking all along that it was Mostly
Childish Prattle!
Joe from Massachusetts