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Unread 02-01-2012, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Allen Tice View Post
…or Italian sprezzatura…Back to other allegedly beautiful words.
Sprezzatura. That's a lovely word. Italian is a beautiful language. When I was in Italy, I delighted in listening to ordinary Italians speaking. Even their cursing sounds like music.

A fascinating book I read some years back is titled Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped The World, by Peter D'Epiro and Mary Desmond Pinkowish.

Richard
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