Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 27, 2007 17:34
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モコレッチ
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I don't have much context for this word. The scene is a carnival (most probably in Italy) and the the line is shouted out as part of a crowd scene:
モコレッチ はひとつはいらんかね！
I got very few google hits. I'm wondering if it's possibly Italian?! Any help would be great! Thank you.
モコレッチ はひとつはいらんかね！
I got very few google hits. I'm wondering if it's possibly Italian?! Any help would be great! Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | Moccoletti |
festinalente
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| 4 | Sounds like a fictitious name |
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Proposed translations
81 days
festinalente
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Moccoletti
As you mentioned the carnival stuff along with モコレッチ, I figured out the original term for it, judging by pronunciation and likely spellings.
The below is the result from google.co. uk:
...The sellers of moccoletti entered on the scene. The moccoli, or moccoletti, are candles which vary in size from the pascal taper to the rushlight, ...
-The Count of Monte Cristo
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Note added at 81 days (2007-10-17 13:15:50 GMT)
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Oops, you seem to have had found out anyway!
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Note added at 88 days (2007-10-24 15:01:30 GMT) Post-grading
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thanks for picking me! :-)
The below is the result from google.co. uk:
...The sellers of moccoletti entered on the scene. The moccoli, or moccoletti, are candles which vary in size from the pascal taper to the rushlight, ...
-The Count of Monte Cristo
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Note added at 81 days (2007-10-17 13:15:50 GMT)
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Oops, you seem to have had found out anyway!
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Note added at 88 days (2007-10-24 15:01:30 GMT) Post-grading
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thanks for picking me! :-)
Example sentence:
... basket full of bouquets with which to pelt their friends in the crowd below; a store of moccoletti lay piled on the table behind, for it was the last day of Carnival, and as soon as dusk came...
Excerpts from A Dark Night's Work by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for the added information! I wish that I'd paid attention when they were trying to teach me European languages in school!"
1 day 17 hrs
Sounds like a fictitious name
Isn't it a fictitious name in a game/film scence?
A seller is asking and shouting "Would you like モコレッチ?"
But I don't know what モコレッチ means in Italian, sorry.
I humbly sugget you-
You don't need は in モコレッチ [は] ひとつはいらんかね！
モコレッチひとつはいらんかね!
However,
モコレッチいらんかね！sounds more natural.
Regards
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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2007-07-29 10:35:33 GMT)
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sorry *scene ><
A seller is asking and shouting "Would you like モコレッチ?"
But I don't know what モコレッチ means in Italian, sorry.
I humbly sugget you-
You don't need は in モコレッチ [は] ひとつはいらんかね！
モコレッチひとつはいらんかね!
However,
モコレッチいらんかね！sounds more natural.
Regards
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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2007-07-29 10:35:33 GMT)
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sorry *scene ><
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