[PRCo] Streetcar pranks
D Brashear
shadow at dementix.org
Wed Jan 29 12:53:20 EST 2014
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:11 PM, PC <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Naples (Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ( listen), Neapolitan: Napule
> [ˈnɑːpələ]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, meaning "new city")
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples
>
> "Naples" is the title of the above article. It is also clear that
> "Naples" is acceptable English while "Napoli" is strictly Italian isn't it.
> Napoli is mispelled compared to Neapolitin, Latin, and Greek as well isn't
> it.
>
I prefer to spell it "chocolate vanilla and strawberry".
> I find this difficult to accept in some ways; you are a very accomplished
> writer who brought us excellent books on the PCC trolleys
> didn't you. I am unaware of other writings; maybe you can enlighten us.
> Yet patterns forged as a youngster or youth often rule for
> many decades; such can be difficult to break without an open challenge so
> it is said.
>
> I have no commentary beyond to offer that I am working with my therapist
on issues many of which certainly stem from that long ago.
You are the sum of the life you lived, and that's for better as well as for
worse.
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