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  1. PhilNotHill

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    #1 PhilNotHill, Apr 26, 2015
    Just watched How It's Made on the Pagani Huayra (sp?).

    The announcer pronounced Modena as Mo-day-na.

    What is correct?

    Thanks
     
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  3. Nospinzone

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    #3 Nospinzone, Apr 26, 2015
    The announcer pronounced it correctly. As a general rule, Italians put the stress on the next to last syllable.
     
  4. OldSlowpoke

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    #4 OldSlowpoke, Apr 27, 2015
    Not always. In Modena they say MO-de-na. Been there, heard that.
     
  5. PFSEX

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    #5 PFSEX, Apr 27, 2015
    for the last time

    Moe - den - ah
     
  6. Formula Uno

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    #6 Formula Uno, Apr 27, 2015

    +1
     
  7. ScuderiaRossa

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    #7 ScuderiaRossa, Apr 27, 2015
    Sorry to disagree, but the first syllable is more like a short "O" sound, not a long vowel sound like in Moe.
     
  8. Nospinzone

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    #8 Nospinzone, Apr 27, 2015
    Oh good grief, what difference does it make? If you pronounce it correctly the Italians will think you're a native. If you pronounce it incorrectly they'll think you're a tourist.

    Either way they'll invite you to their home for dinner! :D
     
  9. 360+Volt=Prius

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    #9 360+Volt=Prius, Apr 27, 2015
    Three-six-t
     
  10. Rosso328

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    #10 Rosso328, Apr 27, 2015
    "Funky Ol' Modena"
     
  11. MalcQV

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    #11 MalcQV, Apr 28, 2015
    :D :D
     
  12. michaelantho

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    #12 michaelantho, Apr 28, 2015
    My Italian friends all agree...it's "MOH - de - nah". In other Italian words the stress is on the "day" (second syllable), but in this case the town, hence the model, is, for some reason, pronounced MOH de nah
     
  13. dadams73

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    #13 dadams73, Apr 28, 2015
    I was there last month. Mo-den-ahh.
     
  14. mswiek

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    #14 mswiek, Apr 29, 2015
    From my Italian linguist wife, the correct pronunciation is: MOH-de-nah. However, friends of mine who were born there, and whose families have been there for generations tell me that the local dialect tends to go more towards: MUH-de-nah.

    Mike
     
  15. Sfiga

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    #15 Sfiga, Apr 29, 2015
    Italian here backing up the moh-de-nah. Should roll off the tounge.
     

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