WORDS BANNED IN ITALY
Fascist Italy has officially banned abotit fifty words of foreign origin now in common use in the Italian language. Ihe list issued by the Confederation of Fascist professionals and artists includes t e words " omelette." " roughly, taxi, "parvenu," "dancing," and masseuse " Italian equivalents have been coined to replace them. Thus, J masseuse" becomes " massaggiatrice ; and the once universal " charm " is now " fascino." • Many more words will eventually be added to this " black list." They will include racing terms borrowed from he English; and many sporting terms f6r which proper equivalents have still <o be found.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21296, 24 September 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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99WORDS BANNED IN ITALY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21296, 24 September 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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