Alexia's handy holiday phrase book
From Smash Hits June `98

A useful Italian phrase for each of the following situations:


* When you're sitting in the sunshine...
"Excuse me, fella, your Cornetto is dripping on my leg!"
"Scusa, amico, ma il tuo Cornetto sta cadendo sulla mia gamba!"

* When you're visiting Venice...
"Help, help, my gondola has a leak!"
"Aiuto, aiuto, la mia gondola ha un buco!"

* When you've popped over to Pisa...
"That tower's falling over!"
"La torre sia cascandoooooooooooo!"

* When you're relaxing at a restaurant...
"Does the lasagne come with chips?"
"Le lasagne vengono con le patatine?"

* Our mate Kavana is over in Italy. What common phrase should he know?
"Spaghetti, pizza, mandolino... Mario, sono eccezionali!"
This means: "The spaghetti, the pizza, the guitar- playing... Mario, they are wonderful!" Apparently.

Grazia, Alexia! Ciao!