La seta. Silk. As in, "I went to la festa on il treno with a seta scarf covering il mio giant ventre. Mark say, hey, pass il pepe."

Oops. Didn't manage to get le indicazioni in there.
PS: Well darn. I see what I'm doing wrong. All along I should have been praying to St. Jerome, the patron Saint of Translators. Tomorrow I will try him.
wow, that's making una portamonete della seta out of a sow's ear.
ReplyDeletein any language: heh
ReplyDeleteAllora. Pronunciation addendum:
ReplyDeleteHow do you say "la seta?" Come si dice "la seta?"
Ahem: lah SAY-tah.