Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT By Frank Fr Colby SATURDAY QUIZ Los Angeles Please cant can't you do something about bout the pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pro pro- for c eye ian tal ian tal Italian It is very offensive to all people wl who o like me are of Italian descent R L. L G. G Answer Do something Ive I've written about it for tor years And you are right of course we should hould keep emphasizing that there is ms no eye in In Italian The first I should be short as RS in Ital Italy We Ve should say TAL i-TAL- yun yun Also the i is short in inthe inthe inthe the words italics italic Q An article articie about Vivien said that she wore an orchid which had been sent pent to her by a Los Angeles aficionado do What is it please Mrs J. J M. M T. T Answer Aficionado is SpanIsh Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish for amateur an ardent devotee of oC a sport as bull fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing hence aficionado is equivalent equivalent equivalent lent to the American sports word fan The American- American Spanish pronunciation is ah- ah FEESS yo FEESS o Gainesville In the Christian Science H Hymnal page verse 3 Aye darkling sense ense go o hence our God is good How should aye be pronounced Mrs E E. E B. B Answer ver The aye in this verse means yes Pronounce it exactly like the word eye Now there i is another aye which means always ever as forever and for aye It is pronounced ay to rhyme with day Banning What pronunciation do you recommend for tor the word economic L F F. F E. E Answer I prefer EE EE kuh kuh NO which is the first choice o of the accepted dictionaries |