Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 22:38:33 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: Marco Molteni <molter@sofia.csl.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <38EEA9B9.8BE1D8A0@asme.org> References: <20000404152346.01398@techunix.technion.ac.il> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004042145500.88181-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <8cgj1a$313f$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <v04220805b511f7c7e2a6@[195.238.1.121]> <8cj1cg$1gse$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <xzpya6qp2rq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <v04220806b5137b59347a@[195.238.1.121]> <xzpn1n5q1ny.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20000407102159.B8417@sofia.csl.sri.com> <38EE4C97.B9B83C7A@asme.org> <20000407143054.A9684@sofia.csl.sri.com>
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Marco Molteni wrote:
>
> On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote:
>
...
>
> Anyway, in Italian there is a one-to-one mapping between the pronounce
> of "gn" and the spelling of it, so, at least for practical purposes,
> there is no difference between spelling and pronunciation.
>
"ci" is also an interesting case.
> > I also understand you (actually we, since in theory I am Italian
> > also) don't extrictly have a "z" since in Italian this is pronounced
> > "ts".
>
> I am not sure I understood. The "z" is pronounced more or less like US
> americans pronounce it in the word "pizza" (I think we call it "hard
> z"), and it is the "real" "z" for me :-). The english "z" sounds to me
> like an "s".
>
"Z" in english (and in spanish) is very sharp compared to the "S". Think
of the noise a bee makes.."Bzzz".
Let's see if I forgot my Italian.
Carlo V ha detto che il Francese e per parlare su diplomasia, il
spagnolo e per parlare con Dio e il tedesche e per parlare con gli
animali. :-).
cheers,
Pedro.
> Marco
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