Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Did you know?In Italian one cannot distinguish between:
* a nephew and a son-in-law / neice and daughter-in-law (nipote / nipota)
* to bring and to take and to wear and to carry (portare)
* to jump and to skip (saltare)
* to skid and to slide (scivolare)
* to punch and to sting (pugnare)
* 'even' and 'also' (anche)
And on..
Yes, useless in the extreme to anyone, unless you are learning Italian.
Edit: Oh, and the new Bertolli sauce billboard is WRONG! It should say: 'Aroma Generosa', being feminine (and the phrase wouldn't make sense to an Italian anyway - how can a smell be generous?)
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 15:24,
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