Comments on: Calabria: Home of the Paparazzi

By: What to See When You Travel in Calabria | My Bella Vita

What to See When You Travel in Calabria | My Bella Vita — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:52:22 +0000

[...] home province is famous, not only for giving birth to the Paparazzi, but for the Archaeological Park at Roccelletta di Borgia. Located just 10 minutes from my home [...]

By: Italy News: 02.01.09 | Italy Travel Guide

Italy News: 02.01.09 | Italy Travel Guide — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:51:26 +0000

[...] know the term “paparazzi” is Italian, but did you know it comes from a 1908 travelogue set in southern Italy? Well, you do [...]

By: Gennaro @ Enduring Wanderlust

Gennaro @ Enduring Wanderlust — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:19:46 +0000

Great find! Very funny to consider the origin and development of words. Gennaro @ Enduring Wanderlust’s last blog post..Things To Do In NYC (For Free) And the word "paparazzi" is such a fun word in and of itself, isn't it? Fun to say at least...not fun to be chased by them I wouldn't imagine....

By: jen of a2eatwrite

jen of a2eatwrite — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:57:23 +0000

I'm definitely adding La Dolce Vita to my queue. I haven't seen a Fellini movie in way too long! Interesting etymology lesson! jen of a2eatwrite’s last blog post..What's Cooking Wednesday: Why I Love Mark Bittman Glad you enjoyed Jen, and yes, get that movie!

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:28:04 +0000

Hi Michelle

Glad you got computer service back! I do believe I remember reading the origins about Paparazzi once, most likely from a fabulous free, daily e-mail newsletter of word etymology that comes from the web site http://www.wordsmith.org If you enjoy etymology that is a wonderful website to explore.

I read George Gissing’s book about 8 years ago after we visited Calabria. It was fascinating to read his accounts of southern Italy from a hundred years before!

Ciao, Pat

Pat’s last blog post..Have Another Cup!

Oh my service isn’t back, I’ve just been being creative as to how and when I could get some Internet access; luckily my computer still works fine so I can do a lot offline….

And thanks for that link!

By: flurrious

flurrious — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:19:27 +0000

You know, I actually knew this but it was buried somewhere in my long-term memory. There's a restaurant here (or there was, I don't know if it still exists) called Paparazzi, and the waiter told us the origin of the name. The only other thing I remember about the restaurant is that a friend of mine told me she had eaten there, and when I said I had too, for some reason she kept insisting that I must be mistaken. She just refused to believe that I had, and she was really adamant about it. I never did find out what her deal was over that. flurrious’s last blog post..Grace Not(e) Oh that's too funny. I can't imagine that's something easily mistaken...the name *is* rather distinct. Mah.

By: City Girl

City Girl — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:59:30 +0000

What a great new piece of knowledge. And congratulations on your nomination – I voted

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Thanks so much!

By: anna l'americana

anna l'americana — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:25:13 +0000

Never liked Catanzaro much (sorry Cherye!), possibly because of the "suoceri" lol? But now this is definitely a redeeming feature - thanks for that Michelle! anna l'americana’s last blog post..Limoncello cocktail instead….. Hah, well P actually rather hates Catanzaro but shhhh.....

By: saretta

saretta — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:58:10 +0000

Well, sepia photography got its name from the "seppia," or cuttlefish in English. They have a sack of brown or black ink that was used in the original sepia process. And, actually, you can read about that on my blog today! saretta’s last blog post..Fish Market, 2 Ooh that's cool; will come over as soon as I can, I promise!

By: Milanese Masala

Milanese Masala — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:47:12 +0000

I love La Dolce Vita, esp. Marcello! I wanted to name my son after Mastroianni but my husband didn’t agree. I don’t have any linguistic
tidbits to share but I do know that Nico from Velvet Underground had a small role in the movie as did a young Adriano Celentano. Pretty cool.

Milanese Masala’s last blog post..I wish I was Wonder Woman

I didn’t know those tidbits…love those too! I like Marcello too but my cognato is named that so I couldn’t really use it. Loser