Here is a few tips on the sounding of Italian Surnames. E at the begining sounds similar to "air" air-roti = Erotti I at the begining and end sounds E Erotti o Erotte but I think is should be spelt Errotti G at the begining sounds J like Jelly Ghi at the begining sounds Ji (jim) Ghe does not exist J is not used in Italian Giu = Giuseppe sounds jewzepe S sounds like Z for instance Brazil in Italian is spelt Brasil and expresso is spelt exprezzo but sounds like "so" Desio my Grandfathers surname sounds Decio, if writen De Sio it would sound De Zio, however I have found it writen on papers as Dessio. I am pretty certain the Daphne's Surname is GERARDINI(E). GHIRADANI is incorrect also GHERARDINI the first because of the DANI and the second GHE Hope this gives you some ideas Ruth
Hello Ruth Also, if you come across double consonants in Italian you have to pronounce both of them. I had great difficulty with my surname when I first got married because I didn't sound both CCs individually! BaCCino and BaCino are two very different sounds. Su London ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:45 AM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Spelling of Surnames > Here is a few tips on the sounding of Italian Surnames. > E at the begining sounds similar to "air" air-roti = Erotti > I at the begining and end sounds E Erotti o Erotte but I think is should be spelt Errotti > G at the begining sounds J like Jelly > Ghi at the begining sounds Ji (jim) > Ghe does not exist > J is not used in Italian > Giu = Giuseppe sounds jewzepe > S sounds like Z for instance Brazil in Italian is spelt Brasil and expresso is spelt exprezzo but sounds like "so" > Desio my Grandfathers surname sounds Decio, if writen De Sio it would sound De Zio, however I have found it writen on papers as Dessio. > I am pretty certain the Daphne's Surname is GERARDINI(E). > GHIRADANI is incorrect also GHERARDINI the first because of the DANI and the second GHE > Hope this gives you some ideas > Ruth > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Italian Research > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >