Op of omstreeks 16-12-2003 16:48 typte Remo Del Bello: > Yes, I do understand. But having grown up with Italian I hear words that are > pronounced some way and they are just *wrong* to my ears. Many Americans > think "Gratzi, grazie...what's the difference" and, of course, to them there > really isn't any...it's close enough. But to someone who speaks the language > it is possibly as annoying as mixing "Thanks" and "Tanks".
Yep, Remo is right, Americans make a mess of pronounciation. A couple of years ago I was camping at San Antonio KOA and there met Dino Nata, called "Nada" by Americans. Being from Italian origine he hated that. He had been teaching math in Phoenix, AZ, and most of his students had Spanish backgrounds. He told me he had always made it an important issue that his students pronounced his name correctly as "Nata", 'cause Spanish-speaking people know the difference between "Nata" and "Nada" very well. -- Paul van den Hooven. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
