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I had to look that one up, ROU, but I'm glad I did.
An Italian friend once told me that he was intrigued by the American custom of giving each other lambs as engagement gifts. Turns out one of his American acquaintances had had some difficulty distinguishing agnello and anello.
But I like the thought of partners exchanging lambs. Probably more practical than a diamond, with the wool and all.
When my senior Government class did a mock senate, the bill I, as a Republican senator from Florida, proposed was very similar: to make English the official and only language taught in public schools. Everyone kind of shrugged, maybe one question, there was no debate. And it passed by a landslide. I was shocked that not even one person had a complaint. Apparently so was our teacher, because she proceeded to give a 10-minute WTF PEOPLE! lecture.
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