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ITALIAN PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE

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  1. bitzman

    bitzman F1 Rookie
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    #1 bitzman, Feb 4, 2019
    Anybody got corrections or one to add? This should prevent you from sounding like a newbie...

    FERRARI FANS ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE

    Barchetta BAR-KETTA

    Bizzarrini BITZ-ER-EEENI

    Carrozzeria KO-ROTS-ER-E-AH

    Carlo Chiti CHEET-E

    cognoscenti COG-NI-CHENT-TEA

    disego DEE SEGG NO

    Mauro Forghieri FO-GARY

    Gioacchino Colombo JOCK-E-MO

    Giugiaro JOO-JAR-OH

    Maranello MAR-EN-ELLO

    Modena MODE-IN-YUH

    Monoposto MON-OH-POSTO

    Luca Cordero di Montezemolo MONT-TEE-ZEE-MOTO

    piloto PEA-LOHT-TOE

    prototipo PROTO-TEEP-OH

    Scaglietti SCAL-YETTI

    Scuderia SCOOD-ER-E-AH

    tifosi TIFF-OAF-SEA

    Tjarda (JAR-DUH)

    Zagato ZAH-GATO
     
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  2. Tcar

    Tcar F1 Rookie

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    #2 Tcar, Feb 4, 2019
    Columbo's first name? Isn't that an 'N', not an 'M'? (JOCK-E-NO) ?

    Luca's last name? An 'L' not a 'T'? (MONT-TEE-ZEE-MOLO).?

    Thanks for doing that...
    :)
     
  3. rdefabri

    rdefabri Three Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 rdefabri, Feb 6, 2019
    Of course my favorite - everyone butchers:

    Moto Guzzi - MO-TO GOOT-SEE
     
  4. Smiles

    Smiles F1 World Champ
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    #4 Smiles, Feb 6, 2019
    Where are the accent marks?!

    Matt
     

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