All About Pica. Eating and desiring ice is directly tied to another behavioral symptom of iron deficiency, a strange appetite disorder called pica. Whenever it surfaces, pica fills you with the desire to ingest substances that normally aren't viewed as food. Paper, wood, and dirt are regularly gnawed on by sufferers.
you voted. 1  The Italian word for grandmother is nonna, which can be used as a nickname. 2  the italian way of saying grandmother or grandma is nonna and it's pronounciation is nohn-nah notice the letter h.speek it out with a little of the h in it.  3 Nonna is the Italian word for grandmother. I am not sure about grandma, but I think is nonnina. You may also try the dear grandmother, which is also colloquial: cara nonna.
Giuseppe Benvenuto, I'm Italian, thus an Italian native speaker. Views. In addition to all the other answers, I'd like to point out that la bella (bella accompanied by its matching article) could also refer to (in the appropriate context): 1) The definitive form of a written document (e.g. a short essay composed at school) - opposed to la brutta, litteraly the ugly one, which refers to its intermediate draft; 2) A tie-breaker match, as in Siamo pari, giochiamo la bella, meaning We're even, let's play a tie-breaker match. Its superlative form la bellissima is also used, usually referring to an extra tie-breaker match in those games where a tie-breaker could in turn result in a tie game.