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  2. Rhetorical question - Wikipedia

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    In the 1580s, English printer Henry Denham invented a "rhetorical question mark" (⸮) for use at the end of a rhetorical question; however, it fell out of use in the 17th century. It was the reverse of an ordinary question mark, so that instead of the main opening pointing back into the sentence, it opened away from it.

  3. Language Spoken at Home - Wikipedia

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    It is based on a three-part language question asked about all household members who are five years old or older. The first part asks if the person speaks a language other than English at home. If the answer is "yes", the respondent is asked what that language is.

  4. RSVP - Wikipedia

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    RSVP is an initialism derived from the French phrase "Répondez s'il vous plaît", [1] meaning "Please respond" (literally "Respond, if it pleases you"), to require confirmation of an invitation. The initialism "RSVP" is no longer used much in France, where it is considered formal and old-fashioned.

  5. Italian grammar - Wikipedia

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    In colloquial speech, form I. of the dative (mi, ti, gli, le, si, ci, vi) is often associated with the emphasized form of the dative (a me, a te, a lui, a lei, a sé, a noi, a voi, a loro) in such a way: a me mi danno un libro ("they give me a book"), a loro gli hanno venduto una casa ("they sold them a house"). Although widely used, this ...

  6. Italian language in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Little Italy, Chicago, some Italian language signage is visible (e.g. Banca Italiana).. The first Italian Americans began to immigrate en masse around 1880. The first Italian immigrants, mainly from Sicily, Calabria and other parts of Southern Italy, were largely men, and many planned to return to Italy after making money in the US, so the speaker population of Italian was not always ...

  7. Ciao - Wikipedia

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    Ciao (/ tʃ aʊ / CHOW, Italian: ⓘ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye". Originally from the Venetian language , it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world.

  8. Torna a Surriento - Wikipedia

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    But do not leave me, do not give me this torment. Come back to Surriento, make me live! Look at the sea of Surriento, what a treasure it is! Even who has travelled all over the world, has never seen a sea like this one. Look at these mermaids that stare, amazed, at you, that love you so much. They would like to kiss you, And you say: "I am ...

  9. Vive, viva, and vivat - Wikipedia

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    Vivano in plural is rare), [2] Vive in French, and Vivat in Latin (plural Vivant) are subjunctive forms of the verb "to live." Being the third-person (singular or plural agreeing with the subject), subjunctive present conjugation, the terms express a hope on the part of the speaker that another should live. Thus, they mean "(may) he/she/it/they ...