bramsole

The title say it all. I have heard two pronounctions and obviously one is incorrect. Thanks

iris1745

Hi; try this. kuh-moh-lee One meaning is 'houses close together'. Have stayed there three times and loved the town. Dick

Geonev

I spent several nights in Camogli a few years back. It's either

CAH-mo-lyee (where the A is as pronounced in "ah" and the o is long)

or

cah-MO-lyee

Ordinarily I would expect it to be the first pronunciation.

BTW, Camogli is a wonderful place, scenic as all get-out and not spoiled by tourism, as is Portofino not far away.

Also BTW, the town's houses are painted such vivid colors, I am told, so the fishermen could gaze in from far out at sea and know which house was theirs.

Alec

KA-mo-lee, with accent on the first syllable.

StCirq

the gli sound in Italian isn't lee, it's more like lyee; there's a y sound in there.

Alec

Yes, but in Camogli, the y sound is hardly perceptible and sounds more like -lee or leey.

kismetchimera

Camogli

Ca- just a you pronounce (Ca)pital
Mo- Mo)town
(gl)i (gl) in Italian is the same
sound as the spanish double (ll)
or as a newYorker greet someone..Yoh?
i- the same sound as Biscott(i)

Bert4545

Yes, but the sound is there, Alec. It is often referred to as a 'liquid L' sound, and the usual example is the 'lli' in 'million'. The stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable. If the stress is on the last syllable it will be indicated (e.g. città), but if it falls on an earlier syllable, it is optional to show it with an accent. Why not wait till you get there and ask a native? The same story about sailors recognising their houses is told in Burano.

kismetchimera

===as==
double ll-Caballo-

Michael

I would go with the "million" example for the Italian <i>gli</i>, and always thought that the Spanish <i>ll</i> was a yod with no "l" sound in it at all.

Bert4545

Michael, it depends on which part of Spain (or south or central America) you are in. The 'correct' or 'Castillian' Spanish has the 'liquid L' sound, as in 'million'. It's not 'cabal-yo', but nor is it 'cabay-yo', it's inbetween. In some places the 'll' is even pronounced as a 'j'.
There are a lot of cookery programmes on British TV, and it really hurts when chefs say 'tag-lee-a-tell-eh', but they have no problem with 'Puglia' or (slightly different) 'lasagne'.

kismetchimera

The LL in(Mi(ll)ion) is not even close to the Italian (GL) sound..
It sound like Spanish (Caballo), but ending with the plural (i) that sound like biscott(i).

Michael

Of course, if the OP does not know Spanish, how useful is the comparison between <i>Camogli</i> and <i>caballo</i>? And on this site http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php, the Spanish word has no liquid L but a yod with the male speaker and a soft J (but as in English without the explosive D) with the female speaker. Both are Latin American speakers.

kismetchimera

Oh well perhaps the OP can learn how to pronounce it the right way if she/he someday goes to Camogli..

bramsole

Ca-mo-lee, with a funky "mumble, mumble" sound at the end. Thanks! Just kidding!