Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
May 22nd 2014, 7:40 am
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Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
http://www.thelocal.it/galleries/lif...italy-too-long
Take the test guys - I only got 3 out of 10 so haven't been here too long yet!
Take the test guys - I only got 3 out of 10 so haven't been here too long yet!
May 22nd 2014, 8:01 am
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Re: Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
I got 3 too ............. argueing, work contracts and post office.
I haven't lost my English yet although I sometimes pepper my sentences with a bit of Italian when speaking to other Brits who also speak Italian.
I don't laugh at tourists - well not all of them and I don't instantly reach for a brolly at the mere hint of rain. Hate coffee so that's NA to me.
I haven't lost my English yet although I sometimes pepper my sentences with a bit of Italian when speaking to other Brits who also speak Italian.
I don't laugh at tourists - well not all of them and I don't instantly reach for a brolly at the mere hint of rain. Hate coffee so that's NA to me.
May 22nd 2014, 8:03 am
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Re: Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
I got 3 too ............. argueing, work contracts and post office.
I haven't lost my English yet although I sometimes pepper my sentences with a bit of Italian when speaking to other Brits who also speak Italian.
I don't laugh at tourists - well not all of them and I don't instantly reach for a brolly at the mere hint of rain. Hate coffee so that's NA to me.
I haven't lost my English yet although I sometimes pepper my sentences with a bit of Italian when speaking to other Brits who also speak Italian.
I don't laugh at tourists - well not all of them and I don't instantly reach for a brolly at the mere hint of rain. Hate coffee so that's NA to me.
I bet every one gets at least one (post office)
May 23rd 2014, 1:39 pm
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Re: Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
coffe , post office , arguments ..
May 26th 2014, 8:08 am
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Re: Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
Post office, speaking, coffee, north/south, employment,
...sort of half-way on summer clothes, arguements.
Nice bit of fun.
...sort of half-way on summer clothes, arguements.
Nice bit of fun.
May 26th 2014, 8:32 am
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Re: Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
Probably time I got out of here quick! I somehow managed a score of 11. More than likely the Post Office confused me. It usually does.bye bye dicette l'inglese
May 26th 2014, 9:14 am
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Re: Top 10 signs you've been in Italy too long
6. The coffee one is never going to happpen. Can't stand the stuff.
Re the PO. Stamps? Our local PO suggests that you pop round the corner to the Tabacchi.
The coffee one is never going to happpen. Can't stand the stuff. Re the PO. Stamps? Our local PO suggests that you pop round the corner to the Tabacchi.
