It's raining
Well, it's been a long time since I have posted anything. RL takes a lot of time, as everyone knows.
It rains in Torino, a warm long summer rain, bringing in lovely nostalgic smells of a childhood spent on my grandparents' dacha in Pavlovsk. (see the picture below).
Unfortunately, both English and Italian lack the lovely wealth of synonyms present in Russian to describe the sounds produced by raindrops falling on the pavement: шорох, шелест, шуршание, ропот, плеск etc.
Even the noun, "дождь" (doshd') - rain - comes with the soft sound of rain streams splashing aganst the asphalt or ground.
Well, enough of nostalgia for today...
It rains in Torino, a warm long summer rain, bringing in lovely nostalgic smells of a childhood spent on my grandparents' dacha in Pavlovsk. (see the picture below).
Unfortunately, both English and Italian lack the lovely wealth of synonyms present in Russian to describe the sounds produced by raindrops falling on the pavement: шорох, шелест, шуршание, ропот, плеск etc.
Even the noun, "дождь" (doshd') - rain - comes with the soft sound of rain streams splashing aganst the asphalt or ground.
Well, enough of nostalgia for today...