Posso parlare?

Questa confusione non mi piace!

Parli piu silenziosamente, per favore.

Seriamente, ho mal di testa.

Si, si, pero avete considerato i campi magnetici?

Fermate, per favore.

Personalmenta, credo che il cafe espresso e disgustoso!

The Clusters09 Guide to Defusing Italian Discussions in the Morning Session (pdf)

For some strange reasons, the above list of romanic pseudo-code appeared on a KITP blackboard a couple of weeks ago.
I think it appeared when we were discussing Y and multiple populations...

Fortuitously, the list was preserved for posterity, so that future generations may have productive scientific discussions, also.

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