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ProfTournesol Wrote: Look - as in soon not cook (ie luke) Very clever, you're a smart individual -- Walrus |
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Walrus Wrote: Very clever, you're a smart individual. I'm a Professor! -- ProfTournesol |
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I've got a couple more Vivace, and Merida. I've heard them pronounced in a few different ways -- Courtancer |
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message ... I've got a couple more. Vivace, and Merida. I've heard them pronounced in a few different ways. -- Courtancer What about that exotic "Huffy" brand....(pronounced Who Fay) Gags |
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Gags Wrote: "Courtancer" wrot in message ... I've got a couple more. Vivace, and Merida. I've heard them pronounced in a few different ways. -- Courtancer What about that exotic "Huffy" brand....(pronounced Who Fay) Gags Colnago - soft G or hard G? Campagnolo - how to pronounce the G -- ProfTournesol |
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ProfTournesol Wrote: Colnago - soft G or hard G? Campagnolo - how to pronounce the G? I'd guess virtually not at all. ie- cam-pan-YOH-loh Sort of like jalapeno. Oh, and Vivace would probably be Vee-VAH-chay. -- Resound |
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On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:19:25 +1100, ProfTournesol
wrote: Colnago - soft G or hard G? hard. Campagnolo - how to pronounce the G? The gn is pronounced like the gn in gnocchi :-) OK, That's not going to help much is it? Like the gn in gnu. And while we're on about it, the o's are not pronounced like owe, but more like the o in hot. Here's one that always gives trouble :-) Ciocc. -- Regards. Richard. |
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Richard Sherratt Wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:19:25 +1100, ProfTournesol wrote: Colnago - soft G or hard G? hard. Campagnolo - how to pronounce the G? The gn is pronounced like the gn in gnocchi :-) OK, That's not going to help much is it? Like the gn in gnu. And while we're on about it, the o's are not pronounced like owe, but more like the o in hot. Here's one that always gives trouble :-) Ciocc. -- Regards. Richard. "chee-OKK"? Or "chee-OHCH" -- Resound |
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On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:29:40 +1100, Resound
wrote: Richard Sherratt Wrote: snip Here's one that always gives trouble :-) Ciocc. "chee-OKK"? Or "chee-OHCH"? The second one's close :-) The Ci gives you a Ch. The o gives you an o (like the o in hot). The cc gives you a ch. So it's Choch. So who else used to have an Italian mother-in-law with an impeccable cultured Italian accent who winced at the way English speakers pronounced Italian? :-) But, to give her her due, she was happy to give lots of coaching and never laughed maliciously at the inevitable mistakes. -- Regards. Richard. |
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Richard Sherratt wrote:
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:19:25 +1100, ProfTournesol wrote: Colnago - soft G or hard G? hard. Campagnolo - how to pronounce the G? The gn is pronounced like the gn in gnocchi :-) OK, That's not going to help much is it? Like the gn in gnu. And while we're on about it, the o's are not pronounced like owe, but more like the o in hot. Here's one that always gives trouble :-) Ciocc. I prefer 'Chook'. But then, I don't own one -- Nick |
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