Re: Materazzi breaks silence over Zidane head-butt

"Goldmund" <user@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cq35g2lahqg3hgml5puro8hnqga843kpq5@xxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 02:40:31 -0700, "John Shocked"
<jshocked@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The italian "Dammi a tua sorella" translates to "give me to your sister".
John
Provide a URL or some other proof of your translation; otherwise no one
will believe you, dude. Are you Italian or fluent in the language?
No, he is not. The translation above is completely rubbish
Prove the translation above is rubbish.
John
I'm italian and I speak the language, you don't, and your translation
shows it.
Your is an automatic translation, evidently, while any italian would
understand that this is a dialect form which is senseless otherwise.

So this is an italian intuition type argument, then ?
No one can know why it is rubbish, if they are not italian, right ?

John


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