Wednesday, August 18, 2010

About Italian: Crema Ghiacciata; Famous Lines From Movies

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

Welcome to this week's edition of your About.com Italian Language Newsletter! According to Corriere della Sera, the latest coffee craze in Italy is crema ghiacciata. Halfway between a gelato and sorbet, the delicious summer concoction is a mix of milk, cream, and coffee combined in a slush machine (granitore).

In the About.com Italian Language Forums a community member asks about famous movie lines in English rendered in Italian (examples include: "Domani è un altro giorno," and "Vai avanti, rendimi felice"), and a discussion about how long it takes to understand spoken Italian. There's a lesson on c'è and com'è, and a conjugation table for the verb controllare. Plus, listen to an audio phrasebook with vocabulary related to stores (i negozi).

Crema Ghiacciata
According to Corriere della Sera in Nuova Vita per il Caffè, the latest coffee craze in Italy is crema ghiacciata. Halfway between a gelato and sorbet, the delicious summer concoction is a mix of milk, cream, and coffee combined in a slush machine (granitore).

Rome the Streets of New York
The title is not a misspelling. illy, the renowned purveyor of espresso coffee, has launched a new marketing campaign in New York City for their illy issimo line of coffee-flavored energy drinks.

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