What does "Fermata Prenotata" mean?

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in Italian?

I'm guessing "stop requested"?

What would it mean if Missy flipped it and reversed it?

― gygax!, Thursday, 13 February 2003 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

It sounds nicer than "Fermented Pancietta"

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, it means "this bus will stop at the next stop", or, literally, "bus stop booked". Hurrah, a thread on which I can be useful!

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:30 (twenty-three years ago)

i thought it was a musical term! that is so awesome. what a beautiful phrase to mean "bus stop booked."

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:37 (twenty-three years ago)

okay cool, sometimes i ride these orange milanese streetcars around and they when you press the button this blinking sign warns "fremata prenotata".

thanks for the translation.

― gygax!, Friday, 14 February 2003 02:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I ride them too; do you know why they are the noisiest cars on the F line? I asked the question of a driver once, and he said they were shipped with the wheels having too many "flats", or worn-out places where they've braked hard. This makes them noisy. I then wonder why the wheels weren't replaced, but oh well... Another reason why I'm not crazy about them is that if you happen to sit down, the wood benches are varnished so slickly that you slide down them when the car comes to a stop.

― Sean (Sean), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:45 (twenty-three years ago)

it means "no worries"

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:49 (twenty-three years ago)

whatevah sean you're just looking for an excuse to get close mmmmhmmmm

you know you can lift up the seats and put your luggage in the bench. i did it once.

― gygax!, Friday, 14 February 2003 07:48 (twenty-three years ago)

It means "holds the note as long as desired before actually playing the note". I know this 'cause I went to music school* and all.

*I dropped out.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 February 2003 10:18 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

In San Francisco they have the Milan Streetcars and (aside from the hard wooden benches) I love them! The noise they make when they idle is very antique and cool (bug-bug-bug-bug-bug!).

I'm glad someone else has given the real meaning. To me "Fermata Prenotata" sounds like a good drag queen name, but I didn't want to be saying something bad if I gave it to someone!! :-)

― J Beasla, Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:01 (twenty years ago)

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