usually Italians are too stubborn to even bother learning English
Oh god, truer words were never spoken! It's not even a "everybody should speak MY language" thing like the French, it's more of a "...wait, there are OTHER languages? What are they going to come up next?" attitude that drives me insane.
As for the things that can be expressed only in some languages...WORD. The most difficult thing of being bilingual is when you want to say something, it's intelligent and witty and funny - and there is absolutely no translation for it in your language. Or in the other one, dammit. ;)
Re: because these things interest me :) (and because I'm nosy too)
Oh god, truer words were never spoken! It's not even a "everybody should speak MY language" thing like the French, it's more of a "...wait, there are OTHER languages? What are they going to come up next?" attitude that drives me insane.
As for the things that can be expressed only in some languages...WORD. The most difficult thing of being bilingual is when you want to say something, it's intelligent and witty and funny - and there is absolutely no translation for it in your language. Or in the other one, dammit. ;)