Saturday, May 22, 2010

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From Michael San Filippo, your Guide to Italian
Caro Lettore,

Welcome to this weekend's edition of your About.com Italian Language Newsletter! The Osservatorio della Lingua Italiana seeks to take the measure of Italian as spoken today, revive the rules that govern the language, and make note of the gergo (jargon) used in a variety of activities and professions.

In the About.com Italian Language forums there's a discussion on strange plural formations, and a community member asks for suggestions about wedding wishes in Italian. Plus the thirtieth canto of Purgatorio in Dante's The Divine Comedy in both Italian and English, in which Beatrice descends from Heaven. Lastly, there are Italian abbreviations and acronyms beginning with the letter N.

Osservatorio della Lingua Italiana
The Osservatorio della Lingua Italiana, a blog hosted by Dizionari Zanichelli, seeks to take the measure of Italian as spoken today, revive the rules that govern the language, and make note of the gergo (jargon) used in a variety of activities and professions.

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXX
"Quando il settentrïon del primo cielo, / che né occaso mai seppe né orto / né d'altra nebbia che di colpa velo,..."

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