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22 Jan 2012

La Bella Lingua - A Language Love Affair

I have just started reading La Bella Lingua. I adore Dianne Hales book on falling in love with a language. When I arrived in Italy I too adored pronouncing every word in Italian. A language love affair is something inexplicable unless you have tried it . Every little Ti Amo, Spremuta d'Arancia and Di dove sei? that you manage to say is spine tingling stuff.

There are also moments that are euphoric when a word pops out that you didn't even know you knew and there are the depths of frustration when as a grown-up you can't express the simplest phrases.

I am so thrilled that someone has attempted to put this into words. If you have ever loved a language especially Italian you will probably love this book.

Dianne Hales La Bella Lingua.

Tante Belle Cose

Carla xx

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10 comments:

  1. this is Belgium21 January 2012 at 11:49

    Glad you wrote about this because otherwise I would never have found out... (as I hope one day you will write something 'dolce' about Warren Dekko's Appointment in Milano, see http://whatisbelgium.blogspot.com/2011/11/meet-author-warren-dekko.htmll, so people can find out about this little jewel ;-) . Please pardon this litte bit of extra publicity

    I started to learn Italian as a young child because I just loved the sound of it.. and am still learning it (ha ha!) and enjoying every minute.
    Can't wait to read it
    Grazie mille e ti auguro un fantastica fin settimana!
    anni

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  2. greg orr21 January 2012 at 12:45

    Im with you carla italian is so lovely. Just look at opera there really not saying anything that interesting but it is still beautiful to hear in italian. When I was in venice last year one of my favourite things was to sit in cafes and just listen to people speak. It was like a reality check after so many years I was actually in italy.

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  3. rosanna21 January 2012 at 14:55

    Grazie mille :o)) è un vero piacere sapere che l'Italiano piace. In effetti si studia solo per passione perchè nessuno lo parla al di fuori dell'Italia.
    I agree that it's wonderful when words come out of yor mouth naturally while it is so annoying and awful when they skip from you :o(
    Btw English is my love language.
    Buona giornata, Rosanna

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  4. Virginia21 January 2012 at 16:52

    Well I"m currently having a time of it trying to string together an entire sentence en français so I'll have to pass on Italian! :)
    V

    PS This time last week, we were laughing over a café creme!!

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  5. Georgianna21 January 2012 at 19:19

    Hi Carla! This looks like a perfect addition to our studies in preparation for Venice this spring. Thanks so much for the intro to it!

    Happy weekend.

    xo

    – g

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  6. Elizabeth at Eiffel Tells21 January 2012 at 21:55

    Thank you for the introduction. I love language, but I am at a point of utter frustration with my French - I seem to be going backwards, so I definitely need some inspiration to kick start my waning enthusiasm.

    Bonne semaine.
    P.S.Been away from my computer this week - time is too tight.

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  7. Annette Piper22 January 2012 at 00:09

    Fantastic! I definitely have a love affair with Italian after a trip there a few months ago - it revived the not totally wasted 2 years of Italian I did in high school!

    I've started quite a collection of books on living in Italy that you have recommended and have really enjoyed reading them. I'll add this one to the must buy list immediately!

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  8. Laura22 January 2012 at 03:43

    As an Australian born, relatively fluent Italian speaker, I love learning new words in the language. This is on my reading list now - can't wait to get my hands on a copy !!

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  9. French Girl in Seattle22 January 2012 at 06:30

    I totally understand what you mean Carla. The same thing happened to me a long, long time ago. I was in 6th grade in a French public school and I fell in love with the English language. I was fascinated and could not learn new words and expressions fast enough. I studied Spanish later on but am a bit rusty now. Italian is on my list too. One day, one day. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)

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  10. Unknown25 January 2012 at 06:10

    What a coincidence! I'm also reading this book right now (:

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