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Graziano Scaldaferri (X)
Local time: 18:41
English to Italian
Suppose you were given a chance to meet three dead persons. Who would you want to meet, and why?
I'll start.
1. Stanley Kubrick - I would buy him a coffee, and ask him: "So tell me, Stan, what exactly is the whole point of 2001: A Space Odyssey? (the best movie ever artistically speaking, but did anybody ever understand its meaning while Stanley Kubrick - I would buy him a coffee, and ask him: "So tell me, Stan, what exactly is the whole point of 2001: A Space Odyssey? (the best movie ever artistically speaking, but did anybody ever understand its meaning while watching it?)"
2. Freddy Mercury - I would ask him why one band can give birth to so many fantastic songs on a hand, while so many bands can't give birth to one decent song on the other. And compliment him on his wonderful, wonderful voice, of course.
3. Cleopatra - I wouldn't ask her nothing specific, I would just be curious to meet the woman that "took down" two such Romans as Julius Ceasar and Anthony. She had to be attractive! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Nicole Schnell 
United States
Local time: 09:41
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In memoriam | My preferred "dates" | Jul 29, 2007 |
Martin Luther - We would think up more theses over a couple of beers, write them up, then go to a copy-shop, make a ton of copies and sign-post them all across town.
Voltaire - To spend hours of gorgeous rant and rave.
Eleanor Roosevelt - For chat and laughter while making cherry pie
| | | | Gabi Ancarol (X)
Italy
Italian to Spanish
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| I'd like to have a coffee with | Jul 29, 2007 |
Jorge Luis Borges ... and I'd just listen to whatever he wants to say.
Roland Barthes ... and I'd ask him soooo many questions.
My father ... and I'd just look into his eyes and tell him how I miss him.
| | | | Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:41
Russian to English
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In memoriam | You'd have to be prepared | Jul 30, 2007 |
To meet Cleopatra, for example, you would have to know Latin and/or Egyptian. Or would you try to teach her English?
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Levan Namoradze
Georgia
Local time: 20:41
Member (2005)
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| I'd love meeting | Jul 30, 2007 |
1-3. My father - I was 13 when he died. Now, I am 37.
| | | | Gianni Pastore
Italy
Local time: 18:41
Member (2007)
English to Italian
- Leonardo Da Vinci: "so, Leo, what's the fuss about this Last Supper thingy?"
- Jimi Hendrix: fancy a blues jam with him
- Steve McQueen: nothing special to ask, just a chat on movies and Hollywood Babylonia
Nice topic Graziano!
| | | | Seamus Moran
Ireland
Local time: 17:41
German to English
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| A motley crew | Jul 30, 2007 |
I would like to meet:
Mother Teresa - i wonder how she would be dressed
Charles Dickens - would he still have his Victorian beard?
Beethoven - he mightn't be able to hear me, though
I think it would be far more interesting to meet living people - there are so many i want to meet.
| | | | Daniel Bird
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:41
German to English
| All together, or in separate meetings? | Jul 30, 2007 |
Perhaps it doesn't matter but my three would be:
Serge Gainsbourg
Primo Levi
Franz Marc
Just to see how three big personalities manage to channel all that ego into doing uplifting things
DB
[Edited at 2007-07-30 11:47]
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| So many ... but would they want to meet me? | Jul 30, 2007 |
Gosh, so many, but to confine myself to three:
1. Charles Darwin - I'd ask him what he thinks about Richard Dawkins - and so much more.
2. Henri IV of France - what a guy!
3. Mme de Pompadour (aka Jeanne Poisson) - what a gal!
But I'm afraid they'd all groan and think (or indeed, say) "Oh no, not again! They always ask the same questions".
Good thread,
Kind regards,
Jenny.
| | | | Irene N
United States
Local time: 11:41
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I'd share years I have left with him to have him around, and I am no little girl any more...
After all, I'd like to meet those who'd care to meet with me:-)
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let's see...
1) Marilyn Monroe
2) Jane Austen
3) Judas
I'm curious to pick their brains and see what their perspectives of the world are like. Have an nice chat over some mint tea and figure out how their brains function, why they made certain choices, and basically separate fact from fiction.
[Edited at 2007-07-30 14:01]
| | | | Juliana Brown
Israel
Local time: 12:41
Member (2007)
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| I could do this for days...shame we only get three! | Jul 30, 2007 |
1- my grandfather, who died 12 years ago and who I still miss desperately
2- Marc Chagall- Because I would hope that over tea (in a glass) his conversation would be as magical as his painting
3- Roberto Fontanarrosa, the Argentine humourist who just died. I actually met him once at the Feria del libro years ago, and he was so gentle and funny...
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| Many unnamed women | Jul 30, 2007 |
Whose names His-tory didn't record. Actually, none of us has "last names" really. We should bear our mothers' last name, because that was the ancient custom... but their mothers' mothers' last names are buried by time and dust.......
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My mother (I would like to talk to her one last time).
Oscar Wilde (I'd LOVE to meet him).
William Shakespeare (there so much fuss about him that I'd like to ask him a few things about him and his plays).
| | | | Ejika
Local time: 18:41
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Jesus tell him how strong he was and so loving, I would tell his he is the source of inspiration for love
Aldof Hitler hey what happened what kind of heart
John F Kennedy - I wish you could have lived longer
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