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The voLabulary: for Italian and English learners (and hey, you never stop learning!)
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to Conceive - Immaginare


Olympic Mascots: Salt Lake City 2002
Straight from "Oliver Twist", here come the three worst victorian names ever conceived. "Copper" and "Coal" , judging from their happy hopping and from Copper's idiot smile, must also be good customers of "Powder", obviously a local pusher.

Three additional comments:
  1. What are those thingies they have around their necks? Dogtags? Were they going to be sent to the Theater of Operations after the Olympics?
  2. "Coal" is not environmentally friendly - what are we going to call an Olympic mascot when (if) Baghdad ever hosts the Olympics, "Oil"?
  3. The three happy critters have got mittens, but for the rest, they are stark naked! Makes me wonder...

Mascotte Olimpiche: Salt Lake City 2002
Diretto da "Oliver Twist", ecco i tre peggiori nomi vittoriani mai immaginati. "Copper" (Rame) e "Coal" (Carbone), a giudicare dal loro saltellare felici e dal sorriso ebete di Copper, devono anche essere buoni clienti di "Powder" (Polvere), evidentemente un pusher locale.

Tre commenti addizionali:
  1. Cosa sono quegli affari che hanno attorno al collo? Targhette di identificazione? Dovevano essere mandati nel Teatro delle Operazioni dopo le Olimpiadi?
  2. "Coal" non e' amico dell'ambiente - come la chiameranno la mascotte olimpica quando (se) Baghdad mai ospiterà le olimpiadi, "Petrolio"?
  3. Le tre creaturine felici hanno i guantini, ma per il resto sono nude come vermi! Mi fa pensare...

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January 18, 2006 10:43 PM by Blogger Monsieur Jacques Pernod  
"Pupa"?

Mhhh. With names like that around, I'm lucky I don't watch TV :-D

January 18, 2006 10:44 PM by Anonymous Anonymous  
It *is* only fair to point out that relatively "major" Italian television stars are named Pupa and Pippo. Really. And you're throwing stones at the MASCOT names?!?!

January 19, 2006 8:13 AM by Blogger Monsieur Jacques Pernod  
I think the Anonymous actually misprinted "Pupo". Which, by the way, sounds even more idiot than "Pupa".

Fair enough.

January 27, 2006 4:24 PM by Anonymous Anonymous  
mi accorgo che l'orso ha un toast sul guanto!!!!

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