On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Tommaso Cucinotta <tomm...@lyx.org> wrote:
> Il 15/03/2011 22:06, stefano franchi ha scritto: > > I haven't lived in Italy for more than 20 years, and I don't know the >> answer. Anyone living there in an academic environment shouldn't have too >> much troubles finding the answer (assuming there is one, of course). >> > > as you know, both my proposal and Enrico's reply come from an academic > environment. However, perhaps the words most commonly used in different > domains (e.g., computer science, physics, engineering, history, literature, > etc.) might also vary when coming to text writing, and I'm definitely the > last person with an extensive knowledge of the Italian language, with my > 6-years old daughter nearly taking over me on the usage of certain > constructs (luckily, there's another parent :-) ). > > So, let's keep the "profilo" for now. > > T. > Fine with me. It's just a bit sad to realize that when I will go back to Italy after my retirement I may have to ask people to speak English or I won't understand them. Cheers, S.
