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Discussion Groups / British English / February 2008Da Vinci
Since Vinci is a town near Florence its italian pronounce is VEEN-chee, although in Tuscany probably they say something closer to VEEN-shee. Anyway, Italians pronounce English names using Italian phonetic rules, and the same happens everywhere, so no problem if somebody in the U.K. says VEEN-see or whatever else. p.s. I hope you understand my English...  Signature°¿° > Since Vinci is a town near Florence its italian pronounce is > VEEN-chee, although in Tuscany probably they say something [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > °¿° hmmm....so you do suspect, don't you, that your English would perhaps be Greek and Latin to some one else ? If only there were more people who shared this virtue of humility. 10:16, giovedì 21 febbraio 2008, Paul: >> Since Vinci is a town near Florence its italian pronounce is >> VEEN-chee, although in Tuscany probably they say something [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > perhaps be Greek and Latin to some one else ? If only there > were more people who shared this virtue of humility. Indeed I think readers understand what I write, smiling because it is strange. Anyway, I don't speak English, I only read and (try to) write English. Signature°¿° > Paul: >>wrote: >> hmmm....so you do suspect, don't you, that your English would >> perhaps be Greek and Latin to some one else ? > > Indeed I think readers understand what I write, smiling because > it is strange. Look , you both write perfectly OK English, it gets understood, so stop squabbling. Now if I stated writing in Italian, that would give you a laugh. > > Paul: > >>wrote: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Look , you both write perfectly OK English, it gets understood, so stop > squabbling. Now if I stated writing in Italian, that would give you a laugh. Who's squabbling????!!!! Ultimately there is a genuine, million dollar question (it could be philosophy that has a bearing on socio- psychology) where you really ask, "Heck, even though I do really understand the words, the syntax, the context, do I really understand the meaning?" And the honest and the humble will answer, "Only to a certain extent." |
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