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I thought of a few more as....as...
as slow as a turtle
as cold as ice
as loud as thunder
as sweet as sugar
as happy as a lark
as white as snow
as pretty as a picture
Ciao
Arianna
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as pretty as a picture
As cute as a button
As free as air
As dry as a bone
As brave as a lion
As bald as a coot
As fresh as a daisy
As bold as brass
As drunk as a lord
As wise as an owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
Ciao,
Dario.
ITA
Who killed Cock Robin?

Who killed Cock Robin?
'cause when your heart is weak
I'm gonna pick the lock on it
my fingertips won't fail me
no matter what you do
the love you cannot see yet
is about to witness a dawning
and you can twist and turn
but you won't get loose...
Ciao
Isa

I'm gonna pick the lock on it [...]
:o
:O
If I laid down my love
To come to your defense
Would you worry for me
With a pain in your chest?
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To pick me back up and to push me along?
Remember...?
Ciao,
Dario.
ITA

Remember...?
The Promise You Made?
Please tell me
you'll be there
in my hour of need
you won't turn me away
You bet I remember... pomeriggi davanti a DeeJay Television prima di
studiare (che fine avranno mai fatto?)
Baci
Isa

I thought of a few more as....as...
Forse c'era e me lo sono perso ma...
il bellissimo
AS FIT AS A FIDDLE?
Non so perché ma lo adoro.
Ciao
Isa

studiare (che fine avranno mai fatto?)
Preparati allora a un'altra epifanìa (o "petite madeleine"):
Oh it’s along time since I saw you.
Well you know how time can fly.
It seems like yesterday we were lovers.
Now we pass each other by.
But if were left alone tonight
don’t ask me to hold you tight.
I go weak...
Ciao,
Dario.
ITA

I go weak...
I go weak
I go weak
weak in the presence of beauty...
...purrrrr...
those madeleinettes, keep 'em coming will ya?
Invisible
I feel like I'm invisible
you treat me like I'm not really there
and you don't really care
I know this romance
it ain't goin' nowhere...
Baci
Isa

it ain't goin' nowhere...
Vuoi farmi morire di nostalgia, eh?
Béccati questa:
"Who's gonna tell you when
It's too late
Who's gonna tell you things
Aren't so great
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna..."
P.S.
Non credere di averla fatta franca.
Ti ho risparmiata. Avrei potuto scrivere:
"Time can never mend the..."
Ciao,
Dario.
Ah, che scorpacciata di anni '80 anglofili...
"Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye"

Hush hush, eye to eye"
Enola Gay
You should have stayed at home yesterday...
(oddio dove ho messo i kleenex?)...
Ciao
Isa

(oddio dove ho messo i kleenex?)...
Adesso basta con le lacrime, scaténati:
Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin' to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a' standing
On the radiator grille
.... Rock the Casbah
Ciao,
Dario.
e nel tripudio generale...
la pianto con le canzoni.

la pianto con le canzoni.
Azz, proprio ora che avevo tirato fuori il violino per accompagnare il
vostro duetto!
(non le canzoni, il piacionamento ehheeh)
Janis
(tremenda eh?)

(tremenda eh?)
E pensare che l'abbiamo fatta regina per un terzo...
Con tanto di bacchetta, in effetti.
; )
Pensa, Janis, che avremmo potuto lasciarti al Ministero della Sanità...
: ))))))))))
Ciao,
Daredevil Peltio.

 Isa

la pianto con le canzoni.
Darlin' you gotta let me know
should I stay or should I go?
E' stato bello finché è durato...
Ciao
Isa

(non le canzoni, il piacionamento ehheeh)
MOM! Stop it!
Possibile che appena mi piace qualcuno ti metti in mezzo!
Te l'ho detto, torno per cena, i compiti li ho fatti e la maglia di lana ce
l'ho! Lasciami vivere!
Love :-)
Cyberkiddo

...

Maronna! Ehm, come dire, "quelle madeleinettes, continua a mandarle, lo
farai?". Ma in italiano fa schifo... per quanto riguarda lo specifico delle
petites madeleines, rivolgersi a ICL... o leggere Proust...
Ciao
Isa


Lasciamoci cosě, senza rancore.
Dario.

(tremenda eh?)
Janis! m'hai rovinato tutto l'ambaradan.
E io che 1) ho sfoggiato tutto il repertorio musicale adolescenziale,
2) l'ho condito con un po' di cultura "ad effetto".
alla fase 3 saremmo passati in OT ("Dario, ti prego,
ancora! ancora!"), e quindi in privato...
Sei sempre la solita! ;-)
Dario.


le madeleines di Proust, le epifanie di Joyce, le onde della Woolf...
in modi diversi rappresentano momenti di illuminazione spirituale scatenati
da situazioni o eventi apparentemente banali e quotidiani.
Ciao,
Dario.
ITA

l'ho! Lasciami vivere!
Hey girl...do you really want to pick him up with that lousy sweater?
I have something fer ya my sweety...here's a friggin' garter belt, (do
you) like it? I think it's going to work a lil better hon : )
(Non parlate mai cosi` voi li`)
baci
Mom Janis

Sei sempre la solita! ;-)
I'm queering your pitch eh?
That'a what you meant, right? : )
Janis trying hard to drag this post into Topic! (questa e` una
forzatura ma dovevo cita` 'na cosa)
p.s. Behave!
p.p.s. Se una ragazza di dice "Dario, ti prego, ancora! ancora!" spero
proprio che tu non sia nella sua mailbox in quel momento! LOL

p.s. Behave!
Are you telling *me* to behave? [InTopic. Notare il tentativo di riprodurre
l'enfasi della lingua inglese]
:-))))))
Ciao,
Dario.

da situazioni o eventi apparentemente banali e quotidiani.
Like the tender fires of stars, moments of their life together, that no-one
knew of and would never know of, broke upon him and illumined his memory.
(J. Joyce, "The Dead", in Dubliners)
Disclaimer: cito a memoria.
Ciao
Isa

you) like it? I think it's going to work a lil better hon : )
Garter belt? Ya kiddin' Mom? He gonna love me fo' me PERSONALITY, not me
friggin' thighs! And besides, never heard of stay-ups? Get out the Middle
Ages Mom, do me a favour! :-)
Just one small *sociological* point I'd like to make Jan: mistaking my
_maglia di lana_ for a sweater (albeit lousy) is the ultimate proof that you
are not, and I fear will never be, A Proper Italian Mother... La Maglia di
Lana, in Italy, has long ceased to be a simple garment, an humble item of
clothing, and has indeed reached the status of an archetypal symbol, a
category of thought.
La Maglia di Lana - or, to be even more specific, La Canottiera - is the
be-all and end-all of all nurturing qualities associated with the average
Italian Mom; it can and will protect all Italian Children from cold, flu
epidemics, all sorts of bacteria and viruses, and ultimately deliver them
from evil... these overprotected kids will walk the roads of the world and
go out to be doctors, lawyers, bankers, teachers, crooks or maybe
terrorists, Mom doesn't give a damn really because they're flesh of her
flesh, providing they are actually wearing the damned thing. Wear it (yes,
even under your CK tank top!) and your mamma will be happy until her day
comes, burn it and make your mamma miserable (and your shrink rich) for the
rest of her time.
Got the point?
Love you anyway CyberMom, because you chose me rather than accepting the
burden of my coming, and the thought never fails to warm me.
Ciao
Isa

 (Non parlate mai cosi` voi li`)
  No, te lo prometto...
  Ma fammi capire che hai detto, pero'...
  Saluti
  Gigi
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 pensare che siano semplici e` la strada sbagliata (Gigi Mancinelli)

  Ma fammi capire che hai detto, pero'...
Prova a tradurre...io non vedo nessuna parola che la tua vivace
fantasia non possa convertire in italiano, anzi in slang : )
Poi ti aiuto se sei in difficolta` (aho` non suggerite eh!) ma sono
sicura che non ce ne sara ` bisogno.
Con ammirazione
Janis

:-))))))
You could have said "Look who's talking" : )
Am I making up *your* mind?
kisses
Janis

da situazioni o eventi apparentemente banali e quotidiani.
Epifania č una parola italiana (dal greco) che significa appunto "rivelazione" e puň benissimo definire le "madeleines"...
--
Er Roscio.

(J. Joyce, "The Dead", in Dubliners)
He longed to recall to her those moments, to make her forget the years of
their dull existence together and remember only their moments of ecstasy.
Sul mio "wordsworth classics" da 1 sterlina
ha sottolineatura doppia e cancelletto.
Ciao,
Dario.
ITA

  Ma fammi capire che hai detto, pero'...
Oi, ragazza... vuoi davvero rimorchiarlo con quella maglia loffia? Ho una
cosetta per te, dolcezza... eccoti un fottuto reggicalze, (ti) piace? Mi sa
che funzionerà un po' meglio tesoro...
Capito che razza di cybermadre mi ritrovo???
:-)))
Isa

...an humble item of clothing,
Isa, here's a tiny point of grammer that I think you'll appreciate:
When the word following an indefinite article begins with a hard "aitch,"
use the indefinite article "a," not "an."
Ciao,
Ron
USA
principiante in italiano

burden of my coming, and the thought never fails to warm me.
Now that's nice : )))
xoxoxoxo
Janis
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Spirits fly on dangerous mission/ Immaginations on fire
Focused high on soaring ambition/ Consumed in a single desire
In the grip of a nameless possession/ A slave to the drive of
obsession
A spirit with a vision/ Is a dream with a mission...

 from evil...
[ etc etc etc...]
questa e' bellissima.  La devo stampare per mia madre.
Ciao
Arianna
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Spirits fly on dangerous mission/ Immaginations on fire
con due emme Jan?
Baci
Isa

questa e' bellissima.  La devo stampare per mia madre.
Maronna! Grazie!
Ciao
Isa