SC - presses and question
Olwen the Odd
olwentheodd at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 29 08:24:01 PST 2000
I'm probably all wet here, but I believe it would be pronounced "Pla-teena". I
have not studied Italian, but have sung in it, and I seem to remember vowels
being pronounced that way.
Kiri
Ann & Les Shelton wrote:
> Greetings and happy holidays to the List. I have a question re how a
> name should be pronounced. Bartolomeo Sacchi, the author of "De Honesta
> Voluptate et Valetudine" was known as "Platina." Should this be
> pronounced "Pla-teen-a" or "Pla-teye-na?" I've heard the two versions
> used about equally and tend to adjust my pronuciation to match whichever
> one the other person is using. So, I'd like to know which is the proper
> way of saying his name. My simplistic guess is "Pla-teye-na" because
> the only Latin word I can think of that ends in "-ina" is "Regina,"
> which is pronounced with the hard "i." On the other hand, the name of
> M. Platini, the great French football star of the 1980's, was pronounced
> "Pla-teen-e."
>
> Help from someone with greater knowledge would be appreciated.
>
> John le Burguillun
> {who won't even mention how many different ways he's heard His Grace
> Cariadoc's name pronounced}
>
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