fernando contributed: >> > >Could it be "sgraffito"? I think "sgraffire" means "to scratch", hence...
That rings a rusty bell in the same box 'scraffito' popped out I think - and the subtle difference in spelling is probably why I couldn't locate it in the references I mentioned. When I asked a student with a spelling problem why he didn't use a dictionary he said "If you spell as badly as I do you can't find the words in the dictionary to check!" Thanks fernando!
