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Gregory Morrow[_319_] Gregory Morrow[_319_] is offline
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Default Name for Italian Gathering

brooklyn1 wrote:

> "Giusi" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" ha scritto nel messaggio
>>
>> babelfish says the *Italian* language translations are
>>>
>>> gathering = riunione
>>> party = partito
>>> assembly = assemblea
>>> festivity = festività

>>
>> riunione means meeting, although it could be a family riunione
>>
>> partito means political party!
>>
>> assemblea is like congress, or the meeting of some farflung official
>> group
>>
>> festivita is a feeling, not an occasion
>>
>> We have feste, serate, cene, sagre which are all the plural of
>> various good things to do where you eat. Italians always eat.
>>

> Not when they play Bocce... then they smoke those twisted black ropey
> guinea stinkers.



Is that where the Italian term "fellatio" comes from...???

;-P


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Greg