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What does this saying mean? I am hearing it all the time lately!

Thanks
 
Posts: 3557 | Location: Acqui Terme, Piedmont, Italy | Registered: 30 July 2005Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post

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Diana,
I have nooooo idea!
I googled it and google has no idea too...
A specific Piemontese saying? Spelling problems?
 
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Could it be: "Quanto ti guarda"...?

Meaning something along the lines of "see how much he's watching you?" Like, a little puppy or a child whose eyes follow you all the time....
 
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A specific Piemontese saying?


I don't think so.

Diana, could you say something more about the context?
What are they speaking about when saying this?
 
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The RaiUno weather guy says it all the time, and now, we keep hearing it (when learning a new language, something will hit you all of a sudden, and you hear it then over, and over!!)

He points to the map and says blah blah blah quanto di guarda (maybe it is guarda instead of guardia). Berlusconi used it the other night in the debate!! Micha jumped up and say, what IS THAT????? Roll Eyes

Confused I am confused (but that happens easily to me...!!!)

THanks guys,

Di
 
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I will try to listen for context....
 
Posts: 3557 | Location: Acqui Terme, Piedmont, Italy | Registered: 30 July 2005Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post

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uhm quanto di guardia doesn't look right then.

Could it be

quando si guarda

when one looks at general conditions
meaning
if you consider that bla bla
 
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or even

per quanto riguarda

as for what concerns
 
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AHHHHHHHHHHHH

Shannon Shannon Shannon

per quanto RIguarda!!!!! Grazie, Paolo!! That rolling R sounded like a D to my American ears!!

Thank you guys, you are the best.
 
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normale solidarieta' piemontarda Cool
 
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