"Giovanni Drogo" wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.61.0611131037400.19075@cbfrvqba.ynzoengr.vans.vg...
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Luca Logi wrote:
>
>> > I was told by an old guy working for Laben that Linate was originally
>> > for sea planes.
>>
>> Well, there is still the Idroscalo near Linate, an artificial lake built
>> for seaplanes, and now used for water sports.
>
> In fact I was just going to quote Idroscalo (they sometimes try to
> change its name with fancier or sponsorized names, but we milanese still
> call it Idroscalo, although I've never seen a plane ... land ... ehm
> water ... how do you say that in English ? We use "atterrare" for "to
> land" (on land), but "ammarare" in the case of sea (or generally water).
Maybe, "set down" instead of land. But someone might say land. It's land as
opposed to air.
Marianne
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