Category Archives: English

Lina Wertmüller (in English)

Posted on January 6, 2022 by babbityjean

Born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich in Rome in 1928, the famous Italian film director Lina Wertmüller came from a devout Catholic family of distant Swiss descent on her father’s side.  She called her childhood “an … Continue reading →

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The Fig

Posted on December 23, 2021 by babbityjean

It is believed that the fig dates back more than 11,000 years and was the first crop cultivated by humans, a millennium before wheat or legumes.  The fig appears throughout the Bible beginning with Adam and Eve, who used fig … Continue reading →

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Italian Idioms with Animals

Posted on December 16, 2021 by babbityjean

Menare il can per l’aia (literally, to lead the dog through the farmyard) means to talk for a long time without coming to a conclusion, or to change the subject in order to avoid answering a specific question.  English speakers … Continue reading →

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