The Language of Love

The standard form used throughout the Peninsula unifies a country with multiple cultural influences, while preserving a multicoloured variety of regional dialects (more than that: sometimes two dialects within the same province can differ quite a lot, even in a radius of  40-50km) which deserves to be explored, if one wishes to understand what real Italy is. Based on a fluid grammar, where  exceptions are the rule (and this would tell you a lot about the people), Italian is still far from the intricate rules and etiquette of French or the verbal nightmares of Russian, it's a tiny bit more difficult than Spanish and completely different from Asian languages, but strangely similar to Japanese when it comes to phonetic sounds, hence incredibly painless if compared with English: an "a" in Italian will always sound "a", no matter the word. Now, switch to English, and try to tell the difference between the double "o" in room, and the one in door! Same word composition, one consonant, double "0", another consonant. Result? Two different sounds, with apparently no reason. Welcome to the mysteries of English phonetics. Learn Italian and you won't have to deal with that anymore ;> Learn Italian, and you'll have access to a virtually endless stream of art, music, poetry, design and fashion sources. Learn Italian, and your next trip to the Country will be a hundred times more rewarding. Buona fortuna (good luck)!

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