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By Michael San Filippo, About.com Guide to Italian Language since 1999

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Thursday August 14, 2008

A community member of the About.com Italian Language Forums makes an interesting point when contrasting the use of Latin terms by native English speakers versus the use of English terms by native Italian speakers:

"È stato buffo per me scoprire che usare parole latine o latineggianti in inglese aggiunge importanza o pomposità alle frasi; in Italia se uno si vuole fare credere importante inserisce qualche parola inglese o inglesizzata, in genere a sproposito e spesso scritta male, e non si rende conto che quello che mette in evidenza è solo la sua ignoranza."

What about native Latin speakers who use English terms?

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