I was a high school teacher to a pair of siblings and their father came in for family conferences. The kids were great students and very respectful and kind. I mentioned something about how the father & his wife had been doing a very good job at raising their children. The father…Â
For #10--Italians would never say "buona" about a person, unless that Italian was, in fact, a cannibal.
For a pretty person like Zendaya, one would say "molto bella," "bellissima."
I'm Italian-American, have a fully Italian name, have dual citizenship, and have lived in both the US & Italy (as well as other countries). In my first high school teaching position, I was teaching US History. When I met one of my student's parents at conference time, he said "Wow,…Â
When I came out of the dressing room after also having a cute chat with Chris & Tina (we were on first-name bases by then), I gave the pen back to the guy & gushed about how over the top excited I was to have met two real members of the Talking Heads!
Pen Guy, turns out, was the manager…Â
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