On 12/15/03 1:53 PM, Erik Justus Paiewonsky deftly typed out:

> BTW and not meant to upstage a native Italian like Remo, "Thank you"
> in Italian should never be confused with either the Latin "gratia"
> (depending on grammatical case: "on account of", "gratitude", "favor",
> "in order to" and also the etymological root of the English "gratitude"
> and the Italian "grazie") or the Italian "grazia" (approx.: "he/it
> gives/says grace"), homonyms either. (Tongue now straight in cheek).

:-)

-- 
"...I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the
wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young
are wearying."
- Gandalf the White in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"

-- 
To unsubscribe:                     
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
archives:       
<http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/>
old-archive:       
<http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>

Reply via email to