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From the forest (Italian/English)

Once in Rome someone asked my friend: Siete forestieri? My friend replied: We're British, not from the forest. I guess that confirmed the question - we were "foreigners" ...

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Lawrence-of-Arabia, London 2011-05-27

Forestiero: from old French and Latin. Italian: fuori, meaning outside or abroad

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Lucia, Ancona 2010-08-31

Fresco/fresh (Italian/English)
It was an unusually hot August morning in London and my husband suggested buying some drinks. We got in an Indian shop and after choosing two bottles of something, my husband asked if they were fresh (he meant "cool"). The shopkeeper looked crossed and touchily replied "Everything is fresh here!"

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Sam 2009-06-12

LOL!!! Ruth, that is one funny little story! Big Smile from Torino

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