Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Bars & Nails

Shop window with bars, via Garibaldi, LivornoA shop window in “Via Garibaldi” with captive oranges on a lampshade and unruly sunflowers trying to get away. Not far, on the same street, we find a curious sign.Shop sign, L'Unghissima, via Garibaldi, Livorno In Italian the meaning of “L'unghissima” is “the superlative nail” but, ignoring the apostrophe and with the same pronunciation, it also means “very long”.
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15 comments:

  1. cieldequimperJune 2, 2009 at 7:24 AM

    Oh what a lampshade!

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  2. FioJune 2, 2009 at 7:34 AM

    Mi fa ridere questo gioco di parole:)Che l'idea divertenete!

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  3. jooJune 2, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    Sign is funny, I like it! And the lamp with bars makes very interesting image.

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  4. hennyJune 2, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    Does it mean "very long nails"? Now you make more curious with those bar and nails.

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  5. amatamari©June 2, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    The first picture is really lovely and the word play... ah it is great fun!!!
    :-)
    Thanks!

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  6. LowellJune 2, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    You are so creative, VP! Bars and nails is a great title. But you also have a great eye to put these two pictures together.

    Good work!

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  7. brattcatJune 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    I agree with Jacob. Thanks for the translations. I couldn't have scratched my way through it without your help.

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  8. B SQUAREDJune 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM

    And I thought English was hard.

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  9. HalcyonJune 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    I don't like my nails too long otherwise I can't type comments on people's blogs!

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  10. UnknownJune 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    A couple of great photos...and truly creative to put them together.

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  11. HildaJune 2, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Eek, a pun! I (love to) hate puns!

    Love the first photo with your funny-poignant caption.

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  12. crocrodylJune 2, 2009 at 10:56 PM

    Hehe - this play of words is always very funny - so if you want to have beautiful nails you must be patient - two informations in one word:)

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  13. stromsjoJune 3, 2009 at 12:12 AM

    Ah, the escape of the sunflowers! How's that for a movie title?

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  14. valeriaJune 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    Very clever logo!

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  15. TinsieJune 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    I love the photo of the lampshade and sunflowers and the L'unghissima logo is really clever too. Thanks for sharing.

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