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to send mandare
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Turin Torino
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you tu
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yours (m) tuo
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Hello Villa,
I realize that this conversation took place 9 months ago but I wanted to thank you for the list of 1775 words which I have copied and will make into a spreadsheet, which I will encase in plastic and study.
I just started Italian lessons in September so am half way through my second course. I am married to the son of an Italian immigrant...who is taking beginner Italian with me. My husband has some family members and spouses and friends who do speak various dialects. But no one speaks the 'official' Italian. And when I ask them to speak to me anyway they are embarrassed. I suppose the dialects can be considered to be the peasants' language...because let's face it, those Italians who emigrated to America were poor peasants looking for a better life, not the aristocracy. What I am wondering is if the dialects in Italy are going to disappear over the next few generations. And whether then, when they wake up and realize that Italy has lost an important part of its heritage, the only place they will find it is in North America among the few descendants who persisted and taught their children their Italian which was a dialect. Look what is happening to the Inuit tribes in the north of our country, Canada. Ethnologists have gone up there to meet with elderly Inuit who still speak those dying languages and are feverishly copying them down in order to preserve them. In Montreal here, there are schools supported by the government that teach children in their native Indian language which these children no longer speak at home. And in Ireland and Wales there has been a Gaelic revival with many schools operating for years now in Gaelic. I wonder what will happen to the Italian dialects... Do you have any insight into this issue?
Robin

Robin, You have mentioned a subject that is very dear to my heart. It's probably the subject that most fascinates
me about Italy. Will tell you all I know about this fascinating subject pero right now I'm going down to San Diego.
Will be back domani and we'll really get into this. Have some interesting insights on this. Learned a lot about
dialects of Italy. Va bene? Ci vidiamo domani allora. You know what. I'll try to write from San Diego. Ciao.

Mmmm you really had me worried there, Villa, and I was really pleased it was a cut and paste job (if only I knew what that meant,even!)

may be I just didn't notice but I can't seem to find the first and the 1000th word villa ?????

almost as beautiful as egyptians

What a relief, Villa. I was trying to picture you sitting there actually counting You were starting to WORRY me there big guy!!!
Anyway, thanks for a very.....different and.....interesting and useful post

This is an older post that I haven't seen yet.

That's a lot and I mean A LOT of words I'll have to start studying!

I can't believe some people actually took the time to study what the top 1,000 words are.

For some odd reason this caught my eye. lol

I've noticed that a lot of Egyptians tend to have these very unique and pretty eyes compared to the rest of the world.

I think there are a lot of attractive people in both Italy and Egypt.

I like the shiney, dark, and thick hair that most middle eastern countries have along with the Italians, the Turkish, the Spanish, and the Egyptians.

I was always attractive to Italian-Americans back in New Jersey and I was always disapointed when the good ones already had girlfriends or weren't attracted to me. lol