Re: [CR] Proper Pronunciation: Pogliaghi - now: Shortening it?

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:41:21 -0800
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Proper Pronunciation: Pogliaghi - now: Shortening it?
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <200802251942.m1PJg3cd016495@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
References: <200802251942.m1PJg3cd016495@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>


Luckily Italian is a nearly phonetic language so one can get the proper pronounciation of almost any Italian word by the spelling alone once one learns the rules.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> I have heard people on vintage bike rides saying, "I rode the Pog!"
> Should they be saying, "I rode the Po!" or "I rode the Poe-Lee?"
>
> - Don (who only collects bikes with pronounceable names) Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA