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Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2003grazie milia
When I was in Italy, people tended to say "grazie" or "mille grazie" for "thank you", but one woman said "grazie milia". I can't track this down. What's the literal translation, if the meaning's different from "mille grazie"? And is it slang? (I don't speak much Italian and am conscious that this may be a really dense question - or that my Google skills aren't good enough -- the phrase was a whack -- but I have a reason for wanting to know.) Many thanks. Peasemarch. > When I was in Italy, people tended to say "grazie" or "mille grazie" > for "thank you", but one woman said "grazie milia". I can't track [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Google skills aren't good enough -- the phrase was a whack -- but I > have a reason for wanting to know.) Many thanks. 'Grazie mille' is also a common expression. You may have misheard this. m. > When I was in Italy, people tended to say "grazie" or "mille grazie" for "thank > you", but one woman said "grazie milia". I can't track this down. What's the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Peasemarch. Grazie mila? "Mila" is the plural of "mille", so roughly "thousands of thanks"?  SignatureChris Green > When I was in Italy, people tended to say "grazie" or "mille grazie" for "thank > you", but one woman said "grazie milia". I can't track this down. What's the > literal translation, if the meaning's different from "mille grazie"? And is it > slang? (I don't speak much Italian and am conscious that this may be a really > dense question - or that my Google skills aren't good enough -- the phrase was > a whack -- but I have a reason for wanting to know.) Many thanks. I suspect she knew some Latin, where mille = one thousand, milia = thousands. So she's thanking you more times than an ordinary mille- graziator. Gary > When I was in Italy, people tended to say "grazie" or "mille grazie" for "thank > you", but one woman said "grazie milia". I can't track this down. Neither can I. It just doesn't exist: you may have misheard it, or the woman must have pronounced "grazie mille" (the same as "mille grazie", even more common) in a weird way. Where have you been, precisely? Bye-bye, FB |
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