C’era una volta il telegramma, ai suoi tempi il modo più rapido per effettuare una comunicazione importante sulle lunghe distanze. Era un sistema alquanto costoso e, poiché si pagava a parola, si faceva il possibile per ridurre il numero di parole al minimo indispensabile per comunicare il messaggio voluto. Oggi, nell’era digitale, il telegramma è del tutto superato, ma noi ne prendiamo spunto per fare un simpatico gioco linguistico. Utilizzando tutte e soltanto le lettere della parola qui sotto, strettamente in ordine, bisogna comporre un telegramma – serio, giocoso o folle che sia! Non ci sono particolari regole e la normale grammatica può essere in parte tralasciata a scapito del messaggio da comunicare. Si possono, per esempio, togliere articoli, ridurre il verbo al participio passato invece di coniugarlo, spezzare il messaggio in due o più frasi, firmare alla fine e così via. Chiaramente si gioca molto con i nomi propri, le parentele, i titoli, i mestieri, il genitivo sassone, gli aggettivi e gli avverbi: l’importante è venire fuori con un messaggio comprensibile!
Ecco la tua parola:
Ed ecco un esempio per far capire come si gioca:
Look After Uncle George’s Horse In Neil’s Garden.
(Accudire il cavallo dello zio George nel giardino di Neil)
Non essere timido e unisciti al gioco lasciando il tuo telegramma nei commenti. È una sfida divertente!

Your comments are always very welcome.








Let all ugly girls harass incredibly narcissistic guys
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Very nice, Carla! It reads very well. A bit of a sociopolitical statement, too! 😉
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Women’s Lib take care, Tony
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😀👍
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Ludovico Attento! Usciere Talpa Hotel. Ignora Nastri Girati!
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The idea is to come up with a telegram in English, not in Italian. But thanks anyway for joining in! Perhaps the name of your hotel should be Geco Hotel?
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Ah, sorry read the description in Italian, thought that it would be ok to post it in Italian. I’ll try in English. ☮️🙏
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Ludwig again! Usual Town Hotel! Inside New Guests.
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Where does that ‘T’ come from? You’ve used it in Italian and in English. There’s no ‘T’ in LAUGHING. How about: ‘Usual Grotty Hotel’?
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“Usual Grand Hotel” then. Sorry for the error, I was writing fast and English is not my main language. 🙈☮️🙏
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😀👍
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L A U G H I N G
Liberty As Unanimous Gift Hasn’t Included Newspapers Globally
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This one reads better, although I’m not quite sure what it means! 😂
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Free information by media is not guaranteed everywhere.
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Of course! Sorry, I must have read that when half asleep before! I wonder if commas would help: after ‘liberty’ and after ‘gift’. What do you think?
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Absolutely, as always; but I didn’t know it was possible in telegrams.
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In this game there’s no restriction on the use of punctuation. 😉
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LAUGHING
Lot Adult Ugly Guys Have Inside Natural Grace
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Sorry: Adults
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I fear you’ve bent the rules just a bit too far here, Giuseppe: “a lot of ugly adult guys”.
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LAUGHING
Look At Uncommon Guy, He Is Never Gleeful
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Whereas we are always gleeful, aren’t we, Claudio? 😉
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Remember, Paolo, that “let” is followed by a “bare infinitive” and not by a gerund!
I’m not too sure about the meaning, though. It’s seems a little violent, don’t you think? 😳
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You already told me about “let” and the “bare infinitive”: no more mistakes in the future.
i don’t know how violent was because I wasn’t there and I don’t know how hard they hit.
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In your mind, what does the telegram mean, in Italian?
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Adesso capisco, probabilmente non ha senso quello che ho scritto.
Più o meno volevo dire “Lascia che tutti i brutti ragazzi picchinoo le ragazze pazze e cattive.”
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Well, on reflection, I think the only real problem was the gerund instead of the bare infinitive. 😉
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So that means you agree with boys hitting girls, doesn’t it?
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Not exactly. We need to separate the grammar from the proposal. 🙂
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Here’s my telegram:
“Love Allows Understanding. Generous Human Ideals Narrate Greatness”
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Wonderfully uplifting, Luisa. Thank you! 🙂
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So glad you liked it, dear Tony.
Thanks a lot
Happy evening
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😀👍
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