On 23/02/07, Steve Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 23/02/07, qwertybjg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > JUst out of interest, is paparazzi a plural? > > > > If so, what is the singular? > > > Paparazzo. It has a fascinating background as a word which I only learnt > a couple of weeks ago. It was apparently the name of the phographer > in Fellini's Dolce Vita*.* He took it from the name of some other > character I can't remember in some 19th century book I think he was reading > at the time. >
Just looked it up. George Gissing Beyond the Ionian Sea. (1901) Paparazzo was the hotel keeper. Steve Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
