siverson@garlic.com wrote:
>
> I have a bike from his workshop, but I'm confused about the correct
> pronunciation:
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> Cinelli = Chin-el-ee or is it Sin-el-ee?
>
> Cino = Chee-no or is it See-no?
Ci is pronounced chee
So: chee-nel-lee (both L's are pronounced and accent on nel)
and chee-no (accent on chee)
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> and last but not least. . .
>
> Ciocc -- How do you pronounce it? I've heard Choach (rhymes with coach)
The CR archives reveals:
Richard M. Sachs richardsachs@juno.com wrote on Sat, 7 Oct 2000:
ciocc means 'poker face'. it was a term of endearment used as a nickname for young giovanni pelliziolli. the above from my fogged memory of framebuilder minutiae. e-RICHIE (it's cold here; arm warmers today...)
in response to
"Takao Noda" <tanoda@d1.dion.ne.jp> writes: I heard the people of Bergamo( Bergamaschi) had a peculiar dialect , so Ciocc had the umlaut on o. Also heard it means an "alcoholic". Mr. Pelizzoli might posiibly be so.
Okay, so what does the name Ciocc mean.