mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: Stessa faccia, stessa razza |
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An interesting point from Everything2:
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Stessa faccia, stessa razza
An expression used by Greeks and Italians to highlight their common ancestry, culture, history, and status as Mediterranean nations. However, that's the English translation. Italians are given to say "Stessa faccia, stessa razza" while Greeks intone "Ilia fatsa, ilia ratsa". It's a rather charming little expression, one Greeks and Italians use when visiting each other's nations as tourists, smoothing over discourse and excusing small differences.
It's odd other people with acrimonious relationships like the Israelis and Palestinians or the Koreans and Japanese don't have something similar. |
Yeah why don't the Koreans and Japanese have something kind of similar? |
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