Category: Vents
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England is the darkest country in the world
Often the vocabulary is just the heritage of the culture and the things surrounding us. For example, “pizza” is spelled the same in English and in Italian, yet it means two very different things such as a food by-product in the former language and a fantastic experience involving all the senses in the latter. It…
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The “bread” in Tesco
I noticed today that Tesco does not indicate anymore “contains flour treatment agent” on the bread. Perhaps all the types on sale are real bread: hardly! Just a step back in the path of information to the public. http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/ Bakers, bakeries… ridiculously nonexistent in Great Britain. Ever heard of Greggs and their “baked in store” slogans? And made……
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Design stupido applicato ad un orologio da parete
Quando vedo questo orologio da parete in palestra (Freemans Quay, Durham) mi vengono istinti omicidi che in genere non si concretizzano perche’ accompagnati da un dubbio: ammazzare il progettista dell’orologio o chi l’ha comprato? La splendida quasi-assialsimmetria e la presenza di 6 piani di simmetria rendono la leggibilita` di questo orologio pressoche’ nulla senza avvicinarvisi…
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Adriano Celentano leggeva Famiglia Cristiana
Il 14 Febbraio 2012 Adriano suggerisce di chiudere Famiglia Cristiana (buona idea, ma basterebbe rin-chiudere i lettori). Nel 1979, in “Mani di velluto”, lo leggeva!
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The Tesco vanilla pod: transnational?
I have just bought one vanilla pod in a small jar, from Tesco. Funnily, it is a “produce of more than one Country”. Yet… one pod, it is just one pod.
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CIRA needs graphic help
CIRA’s website is in pitiful condition. Graphic Designers out there, go to their help!
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Gained in translation
I wondered why all the English press translated Angela Merkel’s words (“gescheitert, absolut gescheitert“) into this utterly sounding sentence. Then, I got my answer: it’s called association of ideas. Yet, the original words would be so actual and present for the English, too. Perhaps, too present:
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Quality of life portrayed in a cinema
Durham vs Pisa, two similarly sized university towns. Eight o’clock, after dinner: let’s go out to the movies! It’s Sunday tonight, 3rd October 2010, let’s not be too late. Durham: one cinema, Gala theatre. Alas, no shows in the afternoon, certainly not after dinner. Apparently the Gala’s management must believe people don’t have fun if…
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A need or a must?
Caffè Nero, like most British food companies, excel in graphic design and suck in food. I only noticed yesterday how they advertise their “bread” as being so delicious not to “need” those usual flour enhancers, usually found in the common English rubber-bread. However it seems that needs are not the only behavioural motors, and their…