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Re: names
I agree with starkaz and Megg. Letitia in English is pronounced "leh-ti-sha" and Letizia in Italian is pronounced "le-ti-tzi-a," rhyming with Patrizia "pa-tri-tzi-a."
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As I recall, the 'tz' sound is only for a double z (like in pizza). I don't think it applies to a single 'z', so Letizia would be le-TI-zi-a and Patricia would be pa-TRI-zi-a.
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I think you are right. thanks.

This message was edited 8/18/2005, 8:07 PM

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Try this.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/italian.htm
The English 'z' sound is reserved for 's' between vowels.
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This message was edited 8/22/2005, 5:28 PM

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