"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "sf" ha scritto nel messaggio
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> babelfish says the *Italian* language translations are
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>> gathering = riunione
>> party = partito
>> assembly = assemblea
>> festivity = festività
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> riunione means meeting, although it could be a family riunione
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> partito means political party!
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> assemblea is like congress, or the meeting of some farflung official group
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> festivita is a feeling, not an occasion
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> We have feste, serate, cene, sagre which are all the plural of various
> good things to do where you eat. Italians always eat.
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Not when they play Bocce... then they smoke those twisted black ropey guinea
stinkers.