Re: OT: Lamia
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- Subject: Re: OT: Lamia
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 19:20:01 -0600 (MDT)
> LAMIA on a label she immediately said "how nice and appropriate" The reason
> was that she translated it to (perhaps Italian) where it meant "THE ONE FOR
> ME" or something approximating that.
La is "the" and "mia" would be mine -- with mia (vs. mio) indicating a
female object of attention. THE ONE THAT'S MINE could be a translation,
but "La" and "mia" are redundant. If I want to say "my music" it would
musica mia; "the music" would be "la musica."
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Amy Moseley Rupp
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