How do you pronouce...(need to win a bet.)
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How do you pronouce...(need to win a bet.)
Ok. I don't claim to know the answer here, but the person who is INSISTENT on a pronounciation and is a know-it-all, believes her way is correct. Anyone able to tell me how you say "VIA VENETO?"
Is it...Via VEN-eto.
Or:
Via ven-ETO.
Where's the emphasis?
Hoping to bask in self-satisfaction here.
(PS - Stayed at the Westin Excelsior last Christmas right on Via Veneto, so shame on me for not remembering how to say it.)
Thanks!
Is it...Via VEN-eto.
Or:
Via ven-ETO.
Where's the emphasis?
Hoping to bask in self-satisfaction here.
(PS - Stayed at the Westin Excelsior last Christmas right on Via Veneto, so shame on me for not remembering how to say it.)
Thanks!
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>I've always just assumed that it was Via Ven-EE-toe, but I have no idea why. <
It sounds more Italian.
In the same way that people mispronounce Med EEE chee.
Interestingly, we found that in Florence it is "SAN severo", while in Naples it is "Chan che VERO".
It sounds more Italian.
In the same way that people mispronounce Med EEE chee.
Interestingly, we found that in Florence it is "SAN severo", while in Naples it is "Chan che VERO".
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Other examples of common mispronunciation:
BRINdisi (not BrinDIsi)
GEnova (not GeNOva)
PAdova (not PaDOva)
but it's
VeROna.
Common pronunciation rule in Italian states that accent normally falls on the penultimate syllable, but there are some exceptions.
BRINdisi (not BrinDIsi)
GEnova (not GeNOva)
PAdova (not PaDOva)
but it's
VeROna.
Common pronunciation rule in Italian states that accent normally falls on the penultimate syllable, but there are some exceptions.
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Darnit! I lost the bet. Drats.
MED-ici, or Med-ICI?
I am a geography whiz (if I say so myself.) But my pronunciations are often wrong. (Maybe because I'm from Brooklyn and we say things funny anyways.)
Thanks Fodorites for correcting my Italian!
MED-ici, or Med-ICI?
I am a geography whiz (if I say so myself.) But my pronunciations are often wrong. (Maybe because I'm from Brooklyn and we say things funny anyways.)
Thanks Fodorites for correcting my Italian!