Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: so da speak

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Giovanni

 
 
Swadai bin sayyin. Mainju, only wiffrenz. Aidu no howda speek proppily too.
 
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Joey from New York
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator,
but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
   -- WH Auden
 

 Swadai bin sayyin. Mainju, only wiffrenz. Aidu no howda speek proppily too.
 
? I've been saying. Main?, only difference (?). I do know how to speak 
properly too.
 
non ho capito molto :-)
 
 
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Giovanni

 properly too.
 
It is what I've been saying. Mind you, only with fiends. I do know how to 
speak properly too.
 
Do I stand correct?
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You stand correct and may now siddown. :)
 
 
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but among thoseï¿œwhom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
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Oh, I just noticed what I'm sure is a typo: "fiends" should be "friends."
 
I do NOT speak to fiends.
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LOL però è venuta benissimo, anche se per errore.
 
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che ti ho tradita con la tua migliore amica"
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il suo effetto"
 

 I do NOT speak to fiends.
 
And, LOL, I didn't know this word either.
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 Do I stand correct?
 
 
ah...io avrei scritto "Zwadai" o "Zwatai" o "Zwarai"
 
Mind you non mi era proprio venuta in mente.
 
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Giovanni

 ah...io avrei scritto "Zwadai" o "Zwatai" o "Zwarai"
 
The sound of the "s" in "It's" is unvoiced, so a "z" sound isn't accurate.
 
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Joey from New York
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Followup: Unless you're talking about an Italian "z" in which case it would 
be.
 
-- 
Joey from New York
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator,
but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
   -- WH Auden
 

 The sound of the "s" in "It's" is unvoiced, so a "z" sound isn't accurate.
 
yes but t+s -> z...then again it's just a convention...
 
 
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Giovanni

 be.
 
yeah of course I mediate everything with my most native pronunciation...
 
the same reason why I wrote "Zwarai", with an "r", even though I'm told 
that not all English speakers do see it that way, when an american says 
"literally" like "lirerally"...they just feel it's still a "t", but a 
different one.
 
For us it's an "r".
 
 
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Giovanni

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Yes, I heat you... er, I hear you.
 
rumani - domani
 
A common interjection among Italian Americans is
Maronna!  At least, that's what they think they're saying.  :)
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yes but t+s -> z...then again it's just a convention...
 
The italian unvoiced "zeta" is not a "t+s" (a /t/ followed by an /s/),
it's a distinct phoneme "ts".
Or, in the voiced version, it's not a "d+z" but a "dz".
IPA has distinct symbols for affricates.
 
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 Maronna!  At least, that's what they think they're saying.  :)
 
No no...that's Neapolitan, not Italian. By chance it has got the same 
pronounciation rule that get you from a t/d to an r.
 
cfr 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotacism
 
 
 
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Giovanni

 pronounciation rule that get you from a t/d to an r.
 
To many Italian Americans, Neapolitan is synonymous with Italian. And yes, I 
get the t/d-to-r phenomenon. That's what I was pointing out.
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But most of them, when in Italy, don't go further south than Florence :-D

 But most of them, when in Italy, don't go further south than Florence :-D
 
Is that a fact? :D 
 

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No. There's also Sorrento.   :-P
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