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Two more school-related examples from Tuscany. The Latin lapis for pencil instead of matita. What do you erase the blackboard with? The correct Italian term i
by carlob 8y ago
Two more school-related examples from Tuscany.
The Latin lapis for pencil instead of matita.
What do you erase the blackboard with? The correct Italian term is cimosa, but you'd hardly hear it outside Tuscany.
I'm also reminded of a discussion I once had with my grandma (a retired Latin teacher from Milan), when she heard someone say a word she claimed was dialect. As it turns out the word coccia comes from the Latin cochlea, which is a snail shell. Even after having taught Latin for 40 years, she didn't know the word...
Also seventh sky might not work in English, but seventh heaven works.
- xte 8y agoOh, thanks personally I here "lapis" when I was a child by my grandparents, mostly referred to nearly finished (short) pencils, but I never hear "cimosa" always say "cancellino" or sometimes "cancelletto" instead :-) Never hear "coccia" before you normally I used "guscio" or "conchiglia" or "valva/e" depending on the context... On Tuscany I remember from an ex girlfriend from Livorno that "vetro" (glass) is where you drink (well... a glass of ...) but also for coffee cups because tazza or tazzina (cup, small cup) is WC ceramic but, not a thing used to drink :D