Category Archives: Sicilia

If Dante had been born in Sicily…

Posted on June 8, 2017 by babbityjean

In school in Orvieto, my teacher taught me a lot about the evolution of the Italian language and the role and history of dialects.  We read together an interview of professor Gian Luigi Beccaria, who is a linguist and historian of … Continue reading →

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Why Monopoly is becoming a hit in Italy

Posted on May 25, 2017 by babbityjean

 The board game, Monopoly, quite popular in the United States decades ago, has been sold in Italy since 1935 (see the post from April 2015).  In 2011, to honor 150 years of Italian unification, an anniversary edition was published based … Continue reading →

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I Misteri di Montalbano

Posted on April 20, 2017 by babbityjean

Nel 1994, lo scrittore italiano Andrea Camilleri ha iniziato una serie di misteri che presentano un immaginario commissario, Salvo Montalbano.  All’età di 91 anni oggi, Camilleri ha scritto 23 di questi misteri, circa uno al anno.  I romanzi sono ambientati … Continue reading →

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