SocialParadox wrote:
Racer_J wrote:
Mi dispace per il apologetico(?), ma italiano e' un..... of my obsessions. sorry again. I'm terrible at it
Oh, non ti preoccupare (don't worry), scambierei volentieri il mio italiano col tuo inglese (I'd trade my Italian with your English if I could), l'inglese [e gli Stati Uniti] è una delle mie ossessioni (English [and USA] is one of my obsessions)
I'm flattered. Hope you get to live in the states someday, if that's what you would like, I'm sure it's alot cooler if you haven't already spent your entire life here like me. I would love to move to Italy in the same way...at least then it would be very clear why people don't understand me
I understand some of your language, but not very well... I have to disect Italian 'mathematically' just like when I was growing up learning to deal with NT people--very slowly and awkwardly
When I took my final exam for Italian class, my teacher was amazed at how well I pronounced some words, but quickly realized I didn't know my verbs or nouns very well at all
I learned my pronunciation from Vale, although it still wasn't very good. She didn't expect me to go, "Eeeee..." (like Ehhhh, for english-only speakers) instead of "Ummmm..." like the rest of my class.
Have you heard of Mike D'Antoni? During a basketball game I watched last night the commentators were talking about how he is a b-ball legend in Italy, but I'm not sure how many people follow basketball over there.
Sorry to bore you about Italy when you were talking about the US, but I'm just curious. I won't bother you any more