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One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners. Out of sight, out of mind
The Floris Italicae linguae libri novem, printed in Venice in 1604, is mostly known within the realm of scholarship and specialization. More cited than read, used as a repertoire of curiosities rather than as a proposal for a linguistic theory of the vernacular language, the book is currently experiencing a revival in contemporary debates.
cannella (literary form in Standard Italian) for rubinetto (tap), widespread in Central and Southern Italy; capo (literary form in Standard Italian) and chiorba for testa (head) cencio for straccio (rag, tatters) (but also straccio is widely used in Tuscany) chetarsi (literary form in Standard Italian) or chetassi for fare silenzio (to be silent)
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The vernacular language of Rome, of which the short Commodilla catacomb inscription (9 th century CE) might be considered the earliest attestation, [1] is believed to have been regarded as low-prestige, [2]: 10 as can be seen in the 11 th-century Saint Clement and Sisinnius inscription, featuring a dialogue wherein the saint is given higher moral ground by juxtaposing his liturgical language ...
Funny Irish sayings As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way. There are only two kinds of people in this world: The Irish and those who wish they were.