Architecture is My Delight. Thomas Jefferson said that Architecture is my delight, and putting up and pulling down, one of my favorite amusements.. He spent much of his life putting up and pulling down, most notably during the forty-year construction period of Monticello.
Zia is an Italian equivalent of the English word aunt.. Specifically, the Italian word is a feminine noun. Its singular definite article la means the.. Its singular indefinite article una means a, one.. The pronunciation is TSEE-ah..
I am an arborist. Graduate study, travel, work make me an expert in benthics, European languages, wildlife mapping, world fauna and flora. Nona and Nono are Italian equivalents of the English words Grandma and Grandpa.. Specifically, the feminine noun nona is a shortened form of nonna, which means grandmother.. The masculine noun nono likewise is a shortened form of nonno, which means grandfather.. The respective pronunciations are NOH-nah and NOH-noh..