On Thursday 07 August 2008 19:35:17 Dan Weston wrote:

Shouldn't that be "posta elettronica" (or "posteletta" along the lines of the Frence "courriel")? Somehow I doubt that Dante would have approved of the word "email".

Actually I don't think that he would have disapproved. Dante wrote the "Divina Commedia" in the Florentine dialect, a 'vulgar' language that was far from codified and quite open to external influences. Mussolini, on the contrary, with his nationalistic/racist mindset would have been mightly pissed off by my usage of 'email' and would have certainly insisted for 'posta elettronica' (a perfect valid term by the way, just a bit longer than necessary). But then who cares if Mussolini spins in his grave? Best, titto

Titto Assini wrote:

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As usual we will now switch to Dante's "bella lingua".

Ottimissimi,

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