On Sep 5, 4:48 pm, j...@xmission.com wrote:
> Jan wrote:
> > In article , j...@xmission.com says...
>
> >> By the way, whole different topic, but as I was trying to memorize my
> >> lines for an opera yesterday, I looked up a few words I didn't know in
> >> my Italian-English dictionary. As I did so, I noticed that the Italian
> >> word Mollari means "those cast out" (masc plural adjective). Do you
> >> suppose that is a coincidence, or more JMS subtlety?
>
> > Possible. Londo's name was originally supposed to be Londo Collari,
though.
>
> > Jan
>
> Yes, but I thought perhaps JMS changed the name to "cast out" after he
> thought more about the character.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/Collari
collarino (rel) clerical collar
http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/Mollari
mollare
1 vt (gen) to let go , (far cadere) to drop
mollare la presa to let go
mollare gli ormeggi (Naut) to cast off
mollare un pugno a qn (fig)
fam to punch sb
mollare uno schiaffo a qn (fig)
fam to slap sb, give sb a slap
ha mollato il lavoro she's chucked her job
ha mollato il suo ragazzo she's ditched o dumped her boyfriend
ha mollato il pacco qua e se n'č andato he dumped the parcel here and
left
mi ha mollato i soldi per il cine he let me have the money to go to
the cinema
2 vi, (aus avere) (cedere, arrendersi) to give in or up (fig)
fam, smettere stop
non mollare proprio adesso! don't give up now!
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