Category Archives: Differenze culturali

The Coffee Cult

Posted on June 16, 2016 by babbityjean

Coffee is so integrated into Italian culture and its rites are so precise that foreigners often have difficulty understanding how to order the national drink.  Here is a brief guideline. Milk in the Morning One should really only drink cappuccino, … Continue reading →

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La lingua o le lingue che parliamo…

Posted on June 2, 2016 by babbityjean

(addattato da un articolo sul Corriere della Sera) Si dice che Carlo Magno abbia detto:  “Conoscere una seconda lingua significa possedere una seconda anima”.   Ne era convinto anche il linguista americano Benjamin Lee Whorf che, nel 1940, postulò la teoria … Continue reading →

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The language or languages that we speak…

Posted on June 2, 2016 by babbityjean

(Adapted from an article in Corriere della sera) It is said that Charlemagne once said:  “Knowing a second language is to possess a second soul.”  Also convinced of this was the American linguist, Benjamin Lee Whorf who, in 1940, postulated … Continue reading →

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