My dialect is completely opposite to english

Hi ziggy !
I would translate "Gardeners Corner" into "L'angolo dei giardinieri" (but I am not a language scholar).

Affermative. But I would say "dos Jardineros" since "Gardeners is plural.

I do quote. I agree.
Some architecture examples support that.

HERE A THATCHED COUNTRY HOUSE IN IN BRITAIN



AND HERE A THATCHED HOUSE IN "SYLT" - WESTERLAND, THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF GERMANY, AT THE BORDER WITH JUTLAND - DENMARK WHERE THE ANGLO-SAXONS SETTLERS CAME FROM

And "Factory" resembles "Fattoria" (which means "Farm").

To the Italians, spanish sounds like a funny language as, for example, spanish say "pelo" for hair. Italian say "capelli" for hair and say "pelo" when they refers to a single hair in the arm, leg, etc.
But defenetely not in the head.
Many misunderstandings or funny situations build-up when italians and spanish meet up.
Spanish are persuaded that Italians are the funny ones.
Italians think exactly the same about spanish...
Who is right ? :-)

 

Maksim, I don't know whether you've heard of a British sitcom called 'Fawlty Towers', which was first broadcast back in the 70s and featured a waiter called Manuel. Probably not. Anyway, poor Manuel came from Barcelona, spoke limited English and was horribly bullied by Basil, the hotel's owner. Incredibly, the show was eventually translated into Spanish and Manuel became ... Italian! I don't know whether there was an Italian version in which Manuel remained Spanish. :hehe:

 

Thatch was used on country housing because it was a) cheap or free, b) a by product and c) easily available. I'm not sure if it's use in Northern Germany and Britain is of any relevance to similarity in the two races, apart from a desire to keep warm and dry!

 

Don't know if anybody else uses a double positive to indicate an absolute negative.

In Scotland we say AYE (yes) RIGHT - when what is meant is ABSOLUTELY NOT !

 

ClaraLou: I am also a big fan of "Faulty Towers", and here is one of my favourite episode (which I have posted once before, a loooong time ago).
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EaoPMANQM"]YouTube - I know nothing! - Fawlty Towers - BBC[/nomedia]

 

Love it, Miraflores!

 

Being an East Anglian, I found it a tad confusing when I moved to the Midlands where if they said they were 'starved' they meant they were cold! In my part of the country, feeling starved meant you were hungry!

 

It means that in my part of the country as well Daisees!