poesiola standard poem/letter; ...

Creator:	Nicole Manker
Language pair:	Italian to English
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Definition / notes:	"adding an "olo" (male) or an "ola" (female) at the end of a word usually makes the thing more essential, more rudimental, less important, no bells and whistles. For instance a receiving radio set that we normally call a "radio" becomes a "radiola" to remark that it is a plain set, usually portable, not big, that does no more than what it is supposed to do. However the main emphasis of the "ola" is not on size. As a matter of fact I do remember that, back in the fifties, the first Japanese transistor hand radio sets were called "radioline" to signify that they were small "radiole" (I am sure you know that adding an "ino" or an "ina" at the end of word makes the thing smaller). Another example is "cappio", the italian for slipknot. A small grass slipknot used to catch a lizard may be called a "cappiola". It is interesting to note that when the original word is male (cappio), in most cases the modified word changes gender (cappiola is female). Anyway adding an "olo" or an "ola" to a word is only possible for quite a limited number of words, not a general rule. Coming now to "poesiola", it means something that looks like a poetry (i.e. it contains rhymed verses) but it is not real poetry: too immediate, too plain, no deep sentiments, etc. I would not dare to call my verses a poetry." The following definition was from a private source who wishes to remain anonymous
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