Quote:
Originally posted by Hazza
And I thought Franchetti was
Fran-Ketty
But when Dario did a little "Hi i'm Dario..." on channel ten he said "Fran-Kee-tee"...
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Hello, Hazza,
His name is Franchitti, not Franchetti, so it had to sound Fran
keetee.
In Italian the sound made by the letter c depends on the vowel placed after it. If it is an a, o, or u, it sounds like an English "k". But if the c is followed by an e or an i, it sounds like "tsch".
In order to make sounds like "ke" and "ki" an h is inserted between the c and the vowel - creating che and chi.
So:
Italian spelling >> sound
ca >> ka
ce >> tsche
ci >> tschee
co >> ko
cu >> koo
che >> ke
chi >> kee (like Franchitti - and my own name!)
Cheers,
Muzza