Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[jean]

A thread which consisted solely of people making statements without the opportunity of discussion would be very boring.

[french frank]

(But I did hear a Brava! after the final soprano aria of the WNO's I Puritani omly last week.)

Did they add, 'Eccellente! Pugh, pugh! ?

[Ferretfancy]

"Bravo" used to express approbation in Spanish is an interjection, not an adjective, and is not gender-dependent, as you say (ref Oxford Spanish Dictionary, Diccionario Salamanca). But the primary use of "bravo(-a)" in Spanish is as an adjective, meaning brave, or more especially fierce, whether applied to fighting bulls or potatoes in a spicy tomato sauce

A rather over enthusiastic young man standing behind me at the Proms shouted BRAVA! BRAVA! very loudly while jumping up and down with excitement. I asked him "why brava!brava? "and he explained that it was because the soloist was a woman, and it was the appropriate gender for the occasion. Since he cheered and waved every single performance regardless of it's quality,I didn't find his opinion very convincing!

[Lat-Literal]

Apparently ... and the Lord knows I'm no foreign lingo expert ... 'bravo' in Spanish can refer to both male and female. It is also used in German and no doubt countless other tongues.

So the tourists in Venice are perfectly entitled to shout a word of approval in their own language whatever the snooty locals think. They (the snooty locals) should just be grateful for the much-needed monetary boost to the Italian economy.

As for an all-female group performing in a (presumably Catholic) Church, whatever next?

"Bravo" interests me. I have found it umpteen times on (decent) amateur performances of classical music. I get the impression it means "you'll get there someday" in that context!

[Oldcrofter]

" Did they add, 'Eccellente! Pugh, pugh! ? " (FF)

Or is that a quotation from 'I Trumpingtoni' ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6YE4PCRNwc

[teamsaint]

"Bravo" interests me. I have found it umpteen times on (decent) amateur performances of classical music. I get the impression it means "you'll get there someday" in that context!

what , like a Fiat Bravo?

[Lat-Literal]

what , like a Fiat Bravo?

As long as they don't go rusty.

You know what fiats are like.

[teamsaint]

As long as they don't go rusty.

You know what fiats are like.

TBF, they fixed the rust issues, although parts did tend to fall off .I loved my Uno and Tipo.
the Tipo was built for young Italian lads motoring habits I suspect, , ciggie lighter and stereo controls in prime positions, ( and in bright green), and it went through the gears like greased lightening round town. Well, it felt like it would .
Always fancied a Bravo,but never got one.

Ford Kas ( the first version) rust faster than you can say Dagenham Dustbin.

Back on topic ...................... " Trade in value".

[Pulcinella]

"Bravo" interests me. I have found it umpteen times on (decent) amateur performances of classical music. I get the impression it means "you'll get there someday" in that context!

Me too, as in "You've made a brave stab at it!".

Got £100 when we traded in our W-reg Fiat Punto recently! Not too rusty.

(Need to learn how to quote from separate posts in the same reply!)

[teamsaint]

Me too, as in "You've made a brave stab at it!".

Got £100 when we traded in our W-reg Fiat Punto recently! Not too rusty.

(Need to learn how to quote from separate posts in the same reply!)

I cant do multiple quotes either from one post, or from several different ones.

I liked the look of Puntos. i particularly like the slightly angular model . ( edit , second generation).
There were some groovy orange ones , I think.

[zola]

I have not followed every page of this thread, so apologies if it has featured before. But I would offer the phrase "keeping across". As in "these are the other stories we are keeping across this hour". BBC's sport web site currently offers " FA Cup First Round : how to keep across the action".

[Padraig]

Me too, as in "You've made a brave stab at it!".

There is an Irish word - breá (bra) meaning fine, excellent.
Lá breá atá ann - It's a fine day. In some localities a person might say in English 'It's a brave day'
Bravo Pádraig? or A brave try, but no cigar.

[Lat-Literal]

Me too, as in "You've made a brave stab at it!".

Got £100 when we traded in our W-reg Fiat Punto recently! Not too rusty.

(Need to learn how to quote from separate posts in the same reply!)

Ah, on point one, yes, yes and yes - that makes complete sense!

TBF, they fixed the rust issues, although parts did tend to fall off .I loved my Uno and Tipo.
the Tipo was built for young Italian lads motoring habits I suspect, , ciggie lighter and stereo controls in prime positions, ( and in bright green), and it went through the gears like greased lightening round town. Well, it felt like it would .
Always fancied a Bravo,but never got one.

Ford Kas ( the first version) rust faster than you can say Dagenham Dustbin.

Back on topic ...................... " Trade in value".

Italy and Southend - the latter on Ghetto Blaster Fridays.

[french frank]

Or is that a quotation from 'I Trumpingtoni' ?

It crawssed my mind. But it was actually Welsh for Più, Più (Encore in English).

[P. G. Tipps]

A couple more imports from across The Pond now widely used by many of our leading managers and politicos ...

'The Total Spend ... '
'New Builds ... '

Harvard and Yale are clearly a matter of concern for the Americans, but don't they know the difference between a noun and a verb at Oxford and Cambridge?