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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 12:33 PM
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What % of Italian words end in a vowel?
Can you think of any that don't

Milan and what else?????
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 12:39 PM
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1. Actually, Milan doesn't, either.
Milano. :hi:
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 12:43 PM
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2. There are more than one would think:
http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/italian/vocabulary/directions.asp
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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 04:51 PM
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5. Ok .. north,south, west - del nord, del sud, ad ovest

I was thinking of words like film & radar, which are not really italian.
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 04:30 PM
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3. 100%
of the ones that matter.

Moto Guzzi
Ducati
Lamborghini
Moto Morini
Ferrari
Grappa
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 05:20 PM
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6. You forgot Ciao!
As pronounced when being cool on a scooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PmuHWPZSkY
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 04:30 PM
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4. Self delete.
Edited on Sun Aug-16-09 04:31 PM by cloudbase
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 06:35 PM
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7. Mostly only words from other languages
Like "autobus" (pronounced "owtoboos"). :hi:
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