From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Tue Jul 16 2002 - 01:12:59 MDT
A slip of the tongue and you put your foot in your mouth.
Why one must emphasize the double consonants in Italian.
ano (ah-noh): anus anno (ahn-noh): year
casa (kah-sah): house cassa (kahs-sah): cash register
pena (peh-nah): pity penna (pehn-nah): pen
pene (peh-neh): penis penne (pen-neh): pens
sete (seh-teh): thirsty sette (set-teh): seven
sono (soh-noh): I am sonno (sohn-noh): sleepy
culo (kooh-lo): ass cullo (kool-loh): rock
caro (kah-ro): dear carro (kahr-roh): cart, van
:-)
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