Buon pomeriggio!
Buon pomeriggio! Last night saw me venturing out - a rare occurrence! It was the start of my Italian for beginners course and I am hoping to make a little progress with my woefully inadequate Italian. I had thought there would be a little more work on speaking and a little less technical stuff but it might get better.. Strangely, one lady on the same table also lives in Leigh - with only 14 in the class that seemed quite a coincidence!
At the moment whenever I think of Italian I am reminded of our recent Methodist harvest festival. Monday night is the eagerly awaited auction of produce and it is always a hotly contested affair with some quite frantic bidding for tins of beans. The Boggy Farmer seemed desperate to get a bag of pasta and the price rose quickly which was surprising as he does not seem a pasta sort of man. He did look a little confused when he received his hard fought prize and the mystery was solved the following day when it emerged his hearing was not 100% and he thought he was bidding for a bag of parsnips!
No Italian photos but this was an interesting one I found.
For years I have driven past the pound at Okeford and wondered at the purpose behind it and then a random internet trawl turned up this picture. Apparently, stray animals would be herded into the pound to await rescue by their owners and this photo was from the restoration ceremony.
HeHe! Finest language on the planet Rosemary..
ReplyDeleteAnd that coming from a Sicilian..
When you go out into the fields this evening..
With your crook and bonnet on...Try singing...
Little Bo-Peep ha perso la sua pecora,
E non sa dove trovarli;
Lasciali soli, E torneranno a casa,
Agitando le code dietro di loro.
I've leftover Pasta in Forno con Melanzane,
for tea..l made last Sat! Half bottle of
Chianti...! And some salami...! :).
Well done Rosemary..Stick with it..! It's an
easy language to learn, it's my first language
of course..and, l speak Spanish and German....
only speak though! And, get by with a bit of
English...HeHe! Bless! :0).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIlss4YHYG0&index=3&list=PLcOCfVTnMcRkPewAnyFGWqpYsbWg99txK
Not sure my singing voice is up to it!! But I will attempt to learn to say it! Enjoy your tea - sounds lovely!!
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