Correct Italian Pronunciation

[Jim Thompson]

Can someone provide me with the correct PHONETIC pronunciation of

Rocca delle Macie

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

 

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Jim

 

[Genome]

Can someone provide me with the correct PHONETIC pronunciation of

Rocca delle Macie

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

The first two c's make a hard one. The last c is soft and you don't say Maa,
you say Muh. (just guessing)

Mind you, I have often found that if you ask the person giving you a
servicing how you should say it then they tell you.

Oooh, perhaps I should have said 'if I ask'.... you probably come across as
an American with a big toilet.... and they think you need it.

I'm sure Ban might have something to say on the subject.

DNA

 

[Jim Thompson]

The first two c's make a hard one. The last c is soft and you don't say Maa,
you say Muh. (just guessing)

Mind you, I have often found that if you ask the person giving you a
servicing how you should say it then they tell you.

Oooh, perhaps I should have said 'if I ask'.... you probably come across as
an American with a big toilet.... and they think you need it.

I'm sure Ban might have something to say on the subject.

DNA

I'm waiting for Ban ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Fields]

I'm waiting for Ban ;-)

 

[Jim Thompson]

Just e-mailed it to the biker man...... Are you up to watch the sunrise?

DNA

I fall asleep when the wine bottle is empty and wake up with the sun
;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Genome]

I'm waiting for Ban ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Just e-mailed it to the biker man...... Are you up to watch the sunrise?

DNA

 

[mmm]

Can someone provide me with the correct PHONETIC pronunciation of

Rocca delle Macie

I will try but I don't know about the PHONEME:

Ro-cca is like ro-bert and ca-nada (the cc is stronger than a single c)
de-lle is the same, always pronuonce the vowels well formed
Ma-ci-e ci is like ci-linder ( I hope ! the 'c' is between the 'c' of
cat and the s-like in cigaret or cinema


for us, from italy, is easy to say and difficult to explain

 

[Jim Thompson]

---
As usual, you want something but expect who has what you want to
come to you.

Ever heard of email???

Hey John! I've heard that some people get cranky and out of sorts in
their old age, but you're overdoing it. Whatsamata? Constipated
?

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in alt.binaries.schematics.electronic that Jim Thompson

Can someone provide me with the correct PHONETIC pronunciation of

Rocca delle Macie

You mean REAL phonetics, with all those funny letters you can't do in
ASCII. I don't see how, and would you be able to interpret them anyway?

'Rocca' is 'roka', with 'o' as in 'rock', 'delle' is 'dele', with both
'e' pronounced as in 'tell'. 'Macie' is more difficult, I think.
Something like 'machye', with 'a' as in 'father', 'ch' as in 'charm' and
'ye' as in 'Ye gods!'.

But, of course, those would work with a British English RP accent.
Since I've not heard you speak, I don't know how to render the words
appropriately for you.

 

[Jim Thompson]

I will try but I don't know about the PHONEME:

Ro-cca is like ro-bert and ca-nada (the cc is stronger than a single c)
de-lle is the same, always pronuonce the vowels well formed
Ma-ci-e ci is like ci-linder ( I hope ! the 'c' is between the 'c' of
cat and the s-like in cigaret or cinema


for us, from italy, is easy to say and difficult to explain

So Ro-ka del-la muh-ci-uh would be close?

Or Ro-cha ??

...Jim Thompson

 

[mmm]

So Ro-ka del-la muh-ci-uh would be close?

Or Ro-cha ??

ro-ka del-le mah-ci-e

ka is very strong

a like a-tom
e like e-lephant

we always use the same pronounce for each vowels they don't change

are you planning to take a tour in italy ?

 

[Jim Thompson]

ro-ka del-le mah-ci-e

ka is very strong

a like a-tom
e like e-lephant

we always use the same pronounce for each vowels they don't change

are you planning to take a tour in italy ?

Actually, a trip to Italy is under discussion.

The pronunciation of the moment is regarding Rocca delle Macie Chianti
;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Perry]

Can someone provide me with the correct PHONETIC pronunciation of

Rocca delle Macie

Since Ban hasn't replied, I'll give it to you.

In Italian all letters are pronounced except h, which serves only as a
modifier, and isn't in your phrase, anyhow. Also, all vocalized letters
are in the front of the mouth, unlike our English middle-of-the-mouth
pronunciation.

"R" is slightly rolled (not, as in Spanish, rolled and rolled and rolled
-- a single tap on the palate is enough)
"0" sounds between "aw" and "oh";
Both c's (think "stock car");
"a" is "ah", but very short.

"ROC-ca"

"d" is just like ours, but in front of the mouth;
"e" is "eh" as in "bed", but again in the front of the mouth;
Both l's (think "all lines"), in the front;
Second "e" just like the first.

"DEL-le"

"M" like ours;
"ah";
"c" as in "chuck" (softened by the i);
"i" in most locales blended into the e;
"e" as above, making "yeh", not "eeyeh"

"MA-cie"

Regional accents will cause minor variations, especially in the soft c,
which in the south usually becomes "sh".

How's that, Ban ?

John Perry

 

[John Fields]

Hey John! I've heard that some people get cranky and out of sorts in
their old age, but you're overdoing it.

---
LOL, when I get on someone else's case and you don't like them, you
egg me on and even shoot some of your own barbs into the mix, but
when it's you that's being criticized it's all of a sudden like
_I'm_ old and cranky and overdoing it?
---

Whatsamata? Constipated ?

---
Not me... I just took a Thompson a little while ago.

BTW, I like Scott Tissues toilet paper (1000 single sheets per roll)
and, over the years, have gotten used to (and learned to appreciate)
the rather Spartan feel of untextured paper wiping my asshole clean.

Last week, however, as part of my regular excursion to the store, I
bought TP and, much to my surprise, when I loaded up a roll of
Scott's, I found out that it was _textured_ !!!

 

[Oppie]

I fall asleep when the wine bottle is empty and wake up with the sun
;-)

Surely you are not turning into another Bob widlar?

Rocca delle Macie


My take on it is
Rocca - Long O, Cs pronounced as Ks, short A

delle - Dell-e

Macie - long A, ci = ch, sounds like machie

The above based on being married to an IAP for 32 years.
Would have been easier to record the sound but I don't have a mike here.

*IAP = Italian-American Princess

 

[NunYa Bidness]

LOL, when I get on someone else's case and you don't like them, you
egg me on and even shoot some of your own barbs into the mix, but
when it's you that's being criticized it's all of a sudden like
_I'm_ old and cranky and overdoing it?

Pretty sure it's called aged, stinky, near death spew.

Have another drink. Speed up the process.

 

[NunYa Bidness]

Surely you are not turning into another Bob widlar?

Rocca delle Macie


My take on it is
Rocca - Long O, Cs pronounced as Ks, short A

delle - Dell-e

Macie - long A, ci = ch, sounds like machie

The above based on being married to an IAP for 32 years.
Would have been easier to record the sound but I don't have a mike here.

*IAP = Italian-American Princess

So... if she's a princess, then *you* had to do all the cooking?

That sucks... to waste the fine tastes and abilities of an Italian
woman!

Pedestals aren't always as good as one thinks.

 

[Joerg]

Hello John,

'Rocca' is 'roka', with 'o' as in 'rock', 'delle' is 'dele', with both
'e' pronounced as in 'tell'. 'Macie' is more difficult, I think.
Something like 'machye', with 'a' as in 'father', 'ch' as in 'charm' and
'ye' as in 'Ye gods!'.

That's it, I think. "Macie" pronounces like we say "macho" except with
for the end. It's longer that in "ye", more like "ye-eh". But not like
the Canadian "eh"...

Jim, "Chianti" would be like "keeanty" but I guess you knew that.

I am not Italian but have been there a lot and love it. Neighbors in
Germany were Italians and so I heard it a lot. If you want to see some
fine wines plan at least a week in Tuscany. Siena, San Gimignano and so
on. Stay in a local place. Once an old guy there sold us a huge bottle
of what he said was his finest. No label and when he blew the dust off
the bottle he almost coughed his lungs out. At first we thought he might
want to offload some stuff to tourists but it was one of the finest
Chiantis I ever had. Really nice people there. Except when behind the
wheel, then it's more like Mexiko or New York.

Regards, Joerg

 

[Genome]

Actually, a trip to Italy is under discussion.

The pronunciation of the moment is regarding Rocca delle Macie Chianti
;-)

...Jim Thompson

**** this, Look either get a bottle of ShattoNuff Duh Pap or some Shablee.

Simple INNIT.

DNA