Template:Did you know nominations/Edoardo Tiretta
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The result was: promoted by Nineteen Ninety-Four guy talk 07:58, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
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Edoardo Tiretta
- ... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta built a bazaar in India?
- Source: Around 1783, Tiretta was granted permission to construct a ‘puckabazaar’, which spread over nine bighas and eight cottahs of ground, ‘withconvenient shops, surrounded with a colonnade veranda’. In 1788, themarketplace was valued at Sicca Rupees 1,96,000 and given away as first prize ina lottery. Its ownership changed over time but in the popular imagination, thebazaar continues to be referred to as Tiretta’s, or some variant thereof.” - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bowing-out/articleshow/68747124.cms
** ALT1: ... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta was known to make love six times a night?
- Source: I went with my friend, and as soon as the harebrain saw us she fell on Tiretta’s neck, calling him dear Count “Six-times”—a name which stuck to him all the time he was at Paris.“What has gained my friend so fine a title, madam?”“His erotic achievements. He is lord of an honour of which little is known in France, and I am desirous of being the lady.” - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2981/pg2981-images.html
- Reviewed:
User:WoodElf 06:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC).
New, long, well-written and neutral enough. Going with ALT0 ("known" in ALT1 is surely rather dubious - "said" might be better). There's a slight problem with Earwig, and the Times of India article - please at least lose or reword the "professional ladder" cliche. And "bought" for "purchased" the funeral plot. Otherwise ok. Johnbod (talk) 19:30, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- ALT2: ...that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta was said to have made love six times a night?
- I have modified the phrasing accordingly, and I'm also providing an "alt" ALT. --User:WoodElf 02:10, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks - GTG with either hook, but I prefer the first bazaar one. Johnbod (talk) 03:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
