Comments on: The Ugliest English Words, According to the Italians http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pol x http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-937834 Pol x Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:38:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-937834 Granturista That was a really nicely measured post. A Proud Italian enough to love your language , worldly enough to laugh into your svizzera at the nonsense. Salut! Granturista

That was a really nicely measured post.

A Proud Italian enough to love your language , worldly enough to laugh into your svizzera at the nonsense.

Salut!

]]> By: Granturista http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-935888 Granturista Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:46:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-935888 I love my language enough to mock those purists. How am i supposed to call an hamburger? The only italian word for it is "svizzera" (referred to the meat patty, not the whole sandwich), that means "swiss". It mantains some sort of exotic appeal, but doesn't work as well as "hamburger"(it seems like the way you spell it resembles the way you eat it, or maybe i'm just hungry..). I love my language enough to mock those purists.
How am i supposed to call an hamburger?
The only italian word for it is “svizzera”
(referred to the meat patty, not the whole sandwich),
that means “swiss”.
It mantains some sort of exotic appeal, but doesn’t
work as well as “hamburger”(it seems like the way
you spell it resembles the way you eat it, or maybe
i’m just hungry..).

]]> By: Orjan Morjan http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-934029 Orjan Morjan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:38:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-934029 Learn more languages. Whine less. Learn more languages. Whine less.

]]> By: Pol x http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-933204 Pol x Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:26:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-933204 Le Weekend or le fin de semaine ? They mean the same thing, much in the same way that Spade and soil invertion and relaocation appartaus can mean the samwe thing. Two Dragons. It's not only American English I was refering to. English English is made up of all sorts of crazy influences. We are basic Fresian,geographically in the Netherlands, over laid with Saxon then Angle then norse then French.Not to mention the influences of several hundred years of Emirial/Colonial adventuring which brought thousands of more word in . Melvyn Bragg wrote a marvellous book on the subject called "The Adventure of English" which I would recommend to anyone. Le Weekend

or

le fin de semaine

?

They mean the same thing, much in the same way that Spade and soil invertion and relaocation appartaus can mean the samwe thing.

Two Dragons.

It’s not only American English I was refering to. English English is made up of all sorts of crazy influences.

We are basic Fresian,geographically in the Netherlands, over laid with Saxon then Angle then norse then French.Not to mention the influences of several hundred years of Emirial/Colonial adventuring which brought thousands of more word in .

Melvyn Bragg wrote a marvellous book on the subject called “The Adventure of English” which I would recommend to anyone.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-931055 ted Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:39:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-931055 This reminds me of the French and their silly attempts to preserve their language. And the crazy Quebec laws about stores not allowed to have signs in other languages than French. They're really mental about it. This reminds me of the French and their silly attempts to preserve their language. And the crazy Quebec laws about stores not allowed to have signs in other languages than French. They’re really mental about it.

]]> By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-930349 Neatoramawontsendmeapassword Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:31:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-930349 "Briefing" and "mission" both come to English from Latin. Are the Italians opposed to Latin? “Briefing” and “mission” both come to English from Latin. Are the Italians opposed to Latin?

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-929775 CheeseDuck Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:12:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-929775 English is a stupid language. All it is is a bunch of other languages smushed into one really sucky and confusing language. English is a stupid language. All it is is a bunch of other languages smushed into one really sucky and confusing language.

]]> By: LisaL http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-929051 LisaL Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:05:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-929051 Idiot italians... well at least the ones we encountered on our trip and the idiots who thought this mess up. Things change, time to get over it and go with the flow. Idiot italians… well at least the ones we encountered on our trip and the idiots who thought this mess up.
Things change, time to get over it and go with the flow.

]]> By: TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-929028 TwoDragons Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:01:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-929028 Pol X--Ha! I LOVE your description of American English! It's a great big hybrid mutt of a language, reflecting all the different tongues of the people who have come here. Etymology is one of my hobbies, and I'm guaranteed to never run out of material to research. --TwoDragons Pol X–Ha! I LOVE your description of American English! It’s a great big hybrid mutt of a language, reflecting all the different tongues of the people who have come here. Etymology is one of my hobbies, and I’m guaranteed to never run out of material to research.

–TwoDragons

]]> By: Nero http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-929025 Nero Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:01:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-929025 Briefing, Mission, Premier and Bipartisan- they were derived from Latin to begin with. I guess they don't want sloppy seconds. Briefing, Mission, Premier and Bipartisan- they were derived from Latin to begin with. I guess they don’t want sloppy seconds.

]]> By: Max Power http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-928514 Max Power Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:28:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-928514 And by v.Chr. I meant BC, blame my nazi roots. :D And by v.Chr. I meant BC, blame my nazi roots. :D

]]> By: Max Power http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-928510 Max Power Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:27:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-928510 Athon... your statement mads absolutely no sense whatsoever, considering you didn't even mention a timespan anywhere in your comment. For example, the Divine Comedy was written between 1308 and 1321 while Ovid's Amores was written at around 13 v.Chr, in Latin. Oh wait. Americano. Nevermind, I'm terribly sorry then. Athon… your statement mads absolutely no sense whatsoever, considering you didn’t even mention a timespan anywhere in your comment.

For example, the Divine Comedy was written between 1308 and 1321 while Ovid’s Amores was written at around 13 v.Chr, in Latin.

Oh wait.

Americano.

Nevermind, I’m terribly sorry then.

]]> By: Pol x http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-926223 Pol x Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:12:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-926223 Yes and English should be purged of all tose Italian/Latin words... oh hang on a minute! This is why these campagns never work, English is a big tart of a language and has no problems about adding new words. The french havce a campaign against this too, I think it is by the Acadamie Francaise, to ban "le Scotch on the rocks" and "l'hamburger", but if your language has no word for hamburger they'd rather concoct some souless construct than admit the English word. Which is hilarious as it was welcomed into English from the German language, to describe a thing that English had no word for. This tickles me no end. Yes and English should be purged of all tose Italian/Latin words… oh hang on a minute!

This is why these campagns never work, English is a big tart of a language and has no problems about adding new words.

The french havce a campaign against this too, I think it is by the Acadamie Francaise, to ban “le Scotch on the rocks” and “l’hamburger”, but if your language has no word for hamburger they’d rather concoct some souless construct than admit the English word.

Which is hilarious as it was welcomed into English from the German language, to describe a thing that English had no word for.

This tickles me no end.

]]> By: Athon http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/comment-page-1/#comment-925158 Athon Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:29:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/10/the-ugliest-english-words-according-to-the-italians/#comment-925158 Something of an irony that Dante's 'Divine Comedie' was written in the vulgar tongue in an effort to reach the wider demographic (rather than Latin, which pretty much meant only the highly educated could read it). Language changes. It evolves. If a word works, it works. If not, people won't use it. Something of an irony that Dante’s ‘Divine Comedie’ was written in the vulgar tongue in an effort to reach the wider demographic (rather than Latin, which pretty much meant only the highly educated could read it).

Language changes. It evolves. If a word works, it works. If not, people won’t use it.

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