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05-25-2007, 08:02 PM #1Senior Member
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Why Maestro
I notice that his razors are signed Mastro Livi, but that most members here refer to them as Maestro Livi razors. Why is that? FWIW, Altavista's Babelfish translates both maestro and mastro as "master."
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05-25-2007, 08:07 PM #2Electric Razor Aficionado
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Italian "mastro" == US "maestro". Same word different spellings. Like color vs colour, only with more arms-waving action.
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05-25-2007, 08:39 PM #3Senior Member
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I actually thought I have also seen Levi vs Livi
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05-25-2007, 09:01 PM #4Senior Member
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And the guy's name is Lido. So, Master Lido Livi it is.
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05-25-2007, 09:08 PM #5Senior Member
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What was this about the father and the son? I think the father made them and now the son does? Is Lido the son?
Just curious
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05-25-2007, 09:29 PM #6Senior Member
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No, Lido is the father. He started working in the 60's, and there is a kewl article here, on SRP, showing him in his young days, honing a razor on a coticule, in HIS father's shop...
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05-25-2007, 10:21 PM #7Super Shaver
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In English it's "maestro" too.
Originally Posted by mparker762
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05-26-2007, 02:31 AM #8
I thought Maestro was a spanish word. It means teacher.
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05-26-2007, 02:42 AM #9Electric Razor Aficionado
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It's a Romance language thing, they're both cognate to the Latin "magister" meaning instructor, teacher, schoolmaster, professor, canon, master (of some art), etc.
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05-26-2007, 01:55 PM #10Face nicker
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Originally Posted by SteveS
I notice that his razors are signed Mastro Livi, but that most members here refer to them as Maestro Livi razors. Why is that? FWIW, Altavista's Babelfish translates both maestro and mastro as "master."
THey should translate it as "expensive"
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