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Wednesday
Aug082007

il pesce puzza

Il pesce puzza dalla testa.

This proverb from Napoli, famous for its fishermen, means, "The fish stinks from the head." (Corruption starts at the top.) A good proverb for remembering the basic difference between dalla (from the) and della (of the). C4N! (Ciao for now!)

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