Obama praises Italy's 'great' leader as a man of integrity — but it's not Berlusconi

Timesonline ^

[freekitty]

Sheesh is right. Besides being stupid politically and statesmanship; we are not paying this man to seek personal revenge.

Obama you have been relagated to the status of the Dixie Chicks who are still equally stupid.

[Bon mots]

Non capisco proprio come succedono queste cose da voi. Forse ci vuole un dottorato in antropologia a capirlo.

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epluribus_2:
I do not understand just as they succeed these things from you. Perhaps us a doctorate in anthropology to understand it wants

Ahaaaa... computer generated translation does not work well with Italian for some reason. I read it as this:

I do not really understand how these things of yours (you described) will turn out. Perhaps you need a doctorate in anthropology to understand.

[Joe 6-pack]

Did obama lay a wreath at his grave...?

[Bon mots]

My anthro prof was asked by an italian farmer if he knew how to say “I am” in italian. He replied, “of course, Io sono”. “Wrong!”, he snapped back. “Io e-r-a”... (I w-a-s)

I don't get it...
... I missed something...

:-/

My Italian is quite rusty, but:
Io = I
sono = am, are
era = was

[philsoc]

No surprise given that napolitabo was the former head of the Italian communists.

[epluribus_2]

to an italian farmer - their life and standing is always in the past. Io era. I used to be something. Not now.

[Bon mots]

Thanks.
Now it makes sense.
>>>sigh<<<