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Bru… what?

February 9, 2014

Bruschetta rucola e stracchino- Italy From The Inside

If you are Italian and live in the States, you have probably shivered every time you heard the word bruschetta during a commercial. Here’s the thing: in Italian the syllable “sche” is pronounced “ske”, so you have to say brusKetta.

However, to make it fair, just know that Italians, for example, pronounce the famous Colgate toothpaste as Colgut-ay.

That said, if you happen to have some stracchino or crescenza (a soft and creamy cheese unfortunately still hard to find in the States), try it on some toasted bread and top it off with rucola. Buona brusKetta a tutti.

Posted by Francesca Tosolini 1 Comment
Filed Under: Food, Language Tagged: language, recipes

Podcast #1 – Practical tips to travel in Italy with trains

November 29, 2006

We’re happy to announce our first episode of the Italy From The Inside podcast series. In this show we cover:
– Introduction of this podcast series and your host (Paolo)
– A few practical tips to travel in Italy with trains
– Overview of a market research by the Italian Trade Commission
– A two-minute Italian lesson on purchasing a train ticket


Listen / Download this episode in MP3 format
(6Mb -12 mins)

We welcome your feedback and suggestions for future shows. Please write to paolo@tosolini.com.

Posted by Paolo Tosolini 2 Comments
Filed Under: Media Tagged: language, market research, podcast, trains

How do you say ‘Goodbye’ in Italian? Ask Google…

September 11, 2006



UPDATE
: Click here to watch a video on How to say Goodbye in Italian.

Did you ever need to do a quick word translation or a simple currency conversion? Google has been offering for some time a few useful extensions to its Search engine that may just be what you need. Google language tools lets you translate text or entire Web pages in 9 different languages. I tried English to Italian and the results are good for single words, but fairly inaccurate for entire sentences.
The Currency Conversion feature performs quite well. Check out how much is ‘1 Euro in USD‘ at today’s exchange rate. These services are also available via SMS using your US cell phone.

Posted by Francesca Tosolini 6 Comments
Filed Under: General Tagged: language

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