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mobertol · 27-12-2011, 08:19

Thanks for the elucidation WRT "Typo" -had only seen it used once before in a PM a short while ago and assumed it meant "typing error".

When i came to Italy 25 yrs ago I learned to speak Italian from the TV -RAI -the equivalent of the BBC. My husband and his family all spoke in dialect so I learned that first...

The BBC used to be a haven for spoken English -shame it has lowered it's standards towards the LCD - I blame the popularity of so-called "reality" TV for this. As in England where the language is being bastardized with American English -the same this is happening in Italy, the purists are complaining here too.

BTW another thing I can't stand is the use of acronyms

I think it may actually be against the rules of Accyweb to use them ...will have to check.

27-12-2011, 08:19	#50
mobertol God Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 4,419 Liked: 1866 times Rep Power: 26229	Re: Linguistic tic's and crutches Thanks for the elucidation WRT "Typo" -had only seen it used once before in a PM a short while ago and assumed it meant "typing error". When i came to Italy 25 yrs ago I learned to speak Italian from the TV -RAI -the equivalent of the BBC. My husband and his family all spoke in dialect so I learned that first... The BBC used to be a haven for spoken English -shame it has lowered it's standards towards the LCD - I blame the popularity of so-called "reality" TV for this. As in England where the language is being bastardized with American English -the same this is happening in Italy, the purists are complaining here too. BTW another thing I can't stand is the use of acronyms I think it may actually be against the rules of Accyweb to use them ...will have to check. __________________ “Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.” ~ D. H. Lawrence