Mentioning contrapposto in a post a couple-three days ago reminded me of piuttosto, a word meaning rather or quite in Italian. I had first noted it in a daily word in Italian email list I used to see but haven't paid attention to lately. The message sent you a word every day, in a sentence, audio file at normal pace, slowed-down audio version. It's partly the doubling of the consonants in both contrapposto and piuttosto that tickle me.
When I googled piuttosto, I discovered it was sometimes but not always interchangeable with abbastanza, again with doubled consonant. You can google it yourself or click on piuttosto at the beginning of this post. The bit of text that showed in the search included "piuttosto la morte! = I'd rather die." More words that took me back to Heated Rivalry in which Yuna replies "I'd rather die!" when Shane asks her if she ever lets his dad win at cards.
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