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January 30

rerealione

I saw a pair of pictures of Sacco and Vanzetti with the caption Vittima della Rerealione Capitalistica; and can't find any word resembling rerealione in my dictionaries. Could it be dialect? Transcription error? —Tamfang (talk) 23:51, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I suspected a transcription error, but where from? First thought was "della reazione capitalistica", which could make sense, but della "rereazione"? "repressione" ... Do you have any further info? ---Sluzzelin talk 00:15, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If this is the image you have found - http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/millay/sacco.htm - the inscription looks quite clear, and is indeed "rerealione" (even though that word does not seem to exist). This card - http://cartoliste.ficedl.info/article2221.html?lang=fr - includes "reazione" and "rinnovazione" and "realizazzioni" though only "reazione" seems to make sense. My suspicion is that the leaflet shown may have been printed by someone who did not speak Italian, and therefore mis-read the hand written text provided by whoever ordered the leaflet. You could contact their "fan club" - http://saccoandvanzetti.org Wymspen (talk) 16:13, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]