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The BBC And Italy’s Garbage

by | 12th, January 2008

WRITES the BBC’s man in Italy: “The putrid problem of Italian politics

“There has been much public soul-searching and wringing of hands by politicians of all parties since the garbage men gave up collecting rubbish in Naples just before Christmas”

Indeed – “garbage men“. Not dustmen. Not even refuge disposal engineers. But “garbage”.

Are we now speaking American English?



Posted: 12th, January 2008 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink