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Why do The Sopranos leave off the last vowel in Italian words?

Unlike northern Italian, which has a syllable-timed rhythm to it and so vowel reduction does not occur, southern Italian tends more toward the stress-timed end of the spectrum. … See this Language Log posting on “Italian: To vowel or not to vowel” by Mark Liberman for more. The thing is, this is more common in Italian than English speakers may realize. …
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Etymology of "bizarre"?

That’s because although English bizarre comes from Italian bizzarro by way of French, we aren’t sure that the Italian bizzarro dating from 1212 actually comes from Italian bizza (“quick anger”) — plus … the proposed Italian origin. …
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What does "incognita" mean?

If you read incognita as disguised, which you should, then the sentence reads: Giselle Regan, an American reporter, went in disguised and used hidden cameras. If that is the intended meaning, then …
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