Jun 29, 2012 22:17
12 yrs ago
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Italian term
avere le ragioni
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Music
pop music
"Quando la cosa venne fuori pensammo che per il pop da mainstream il suo lavoro aveva le ragioni di un gusto retro che apprezzavamo”
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| 2 | ...had a retro flavour to it... |
Wolf Draeger
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When it (?) came out, we thought that for mainstream pop his work was motivated/inspired/propelled by a vintage flavour we liked
At least, this what I get out of this poorly constructed sentence
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At least, this what I get out of this poorly constructed sentence
greetings
Note from asker:
| Perfetto! Mille grazie! |
Peer comment(s):
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Ema Chlevickaite
: motivated
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thank you!
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Tony Shargool
: yes - Swiss Italian is full of surprises !
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thank you, didn´t realize it was Swiss Italian
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Wolf Draeger
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...had a retro flavour to it...
Maybe the *ragioni* is the speaker's attempt to sound intellectual by saying the artist's work was "constructed along the argument/lines/thought process of a retro sound..."?
Example sentence:
When the album came out, we thought it had quite a retro flavour to it for mainstream pop, which we rather liked.
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