[DeTomaso] Italian Pronunciation

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I said "dee toe maso" until I visited the DeTomaso factory in 1970. The young lady that showed us around the factory that day pronounced it "day toe MAHzo", with the accent on the next to last syllable in typical Italian fashion. She seemed to make a point of it, rather like she was politely correcting me, so that's what I've said since.   fwiw










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  Spanish isn't so different, a little less drawn out "e", more like the 'e' in   melon, but never "dee"         > To: JAYTCREC at aol.com; detomaso-bounces at realbig.com; eanderson at geotracinternational.com  > From: michaelsavga at gmail.com  > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:12:18 +0000  > CC: detomaso at realbig.com  > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Italian Pronunciation  >   > Except that he was from Argentina  > ------Original Message------  > From: JAYTCREC at aol.com  > Sender: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com  > To: eanderson at geotracinternational.com  > Cc: detomaso at realbig.com  > Sent: Jun 7, 2009 9:20 AM  > Subject: [DeTomaso] Italian Pronunciation  >   > I hope this gets it right because when it is mis-pronounced it hurts my   > ears:  > In20the Italian language, the sound of the vowels is as follows with never a   > deviation:  > "a" is sounded as "ah"  > "e" is "ay"  > "i" is "ee"  > "o" is "oh"  > "u" is "as in tomb "  >   > so "DayToeMahSo" with the accent on the first syllable.  >   > Please say it correctly, my ears can take no more!!!  >   >   > JAY CURRERI  > ASSOCIATE BROKER  > KEYSTONE BROKER GROUP LTD  >   > 717 730-1030 OFFICE  > 717 648-5704 MOBILE  > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy   > Steps!   > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377042x1201454362/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun  > eExcfooterNO62)  > _______________________________________________  >   > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA  >   > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/  >   > DeTomaso mailing list  > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com  > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso  >   >   > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld  > _______________________________________________  >   > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA  >   > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/  >   > DeTomaso mailing list  > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com  > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso    _________________________________________________________________  Insert movie times and more without leaving HotmailA
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