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Re: Japanese or Italian [Itarion?] sound
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Originally posted by svxistentialist
Japanese are legendary for their love of language, and latch on to what for them are exotic and foreign words. Often with comical effect. Frendlee Bongo anyone?
I am assuming they are taking Alcyone from Italian, the Italian word for Halcyon from the Greek. They love English and Italian words.
So should we use the Italian pronunciation of the word, or should we use what the Japanese might expect to be the correct sound from the spelling?
It's Italian for me, folks, I tend to KISS.
Joe
Anyone of Italian blood care to hazard the correct phonetics?
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Hmmmm. I thought it was Latin.
We have a very expensive video camera here at the office. It's an HL- . . . . 350, or somethingorother. One day, when looking through the owner's guide, I found out what the HL stood for. Would you belive "Handy Looky."
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