Heh, no, of course it would not, but to the Italians it matches exactly what they want to convey. ;)
Much like "Che 'ce" does not translate in English to what it means for them. Basically, they are saying 'Sup, it is a shorten version of "Che cosa fa" - loosely ... "what is going on". And then it goes a bit further as it applies to the situation and region you are in. YMMV. :D (disclaimer: This is not book learn'en but rather from immersion into Siena's culture for five months.) ♫ Chiara Francesca « Ehi Prof.! Che cosa facciamo stasera?» « Quello che facciamo tutte le sere, Mignolo: tentare di conquistare il mondo! » (hint: italian) > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Melody Watts > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:12 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1913? Yes....Plus Italian tranlation from Pinky & > the Brain > > Hi Chiara, > I agree, look very early teens,the high waist and the lacey over > dress,very "My Fair Lady" or " The Music Man" type of design > melody. > Oh and your tag line:. > "Ehi Prof.! Che cosa facciamo stasera?» > « Quello che facciamo tutte le sere, Mignolo: tentare di conquistare il > mondo! »" > > I had it a week ago,that's sorta the tag line from "Pinky and the > Brain" Cartoon. > English translation: > Pinky :" So what are we going to do today,Brain?(Professor) > Brain: Same thing we always do Pinky, plan to take over the world" > > It was one of my kids fav cartoon. > My mom was Italian and my daughter leaves for Florence in 16 days,Sept > 1, 2009 for a years study. > That was fun,though it didn't translate exactly as said into > English....... > > > > --- On Sat, 8/15/09, Chiara Francesca <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Chiara Francesca <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1913? > To: "'Historical Costume'" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 10:19 PM > > > Thank look kinda similar to the dresses worn in the Movie Titanic. > Browse through those photo albums and see if anything matches up. > > ♫ > Chiara Francesca > « Ehi Prof.! Che cosa facciamo stasera?» > « Quello che facciamo tutte le sere, Mignolo: tentare di conquistare il > mondo! » > (hint: italian) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:h-costume- > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Maggie > > Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 9:15 PM > > To: Historical Costume > > Subject: [h-cost] 1913? > > > > I would look so good in this dress. > > http://rdwf.org.uk/doctors/images/29/hum12.jpg > > > > It's an episode of Doctor Who (series 3) set in 1913. Is there a > > pattern for > > something similar that anyone can recommend? I'm sorry, it's the best > > still > > picture of it I can find. > > > > MaggiRos > > > > > > Maggie Secara > > ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 > > Available at your favorite online bookseller > > See our gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
