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TomD (Tifosi)
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 426
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 12:54 pm: | |
to be 100% correct you may want to put a U in your phonetic spelling - mun-dee-al though it is really a mix of "o" sound and "u" sound. My wife is italian and can say it right - I can't |
TomD (Tifosi)
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 425
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 12:51 pm: | |
michael has it right. Wierd science is wrong |
Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
Junior Member
Username: Hmott3
Post Number: 81
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 12:47 pm: | |
I thought it was "mon dale", I think that is how they pronounced it in the movie "weird science", the only place I have heard it pronounced. |
Michael Davidson (Cabrio_fan)
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Username: Cabrio_fan
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 11:37 pm: | |
From what I've gathered recently on the meaning of the names:
Mondial - World or Worldwide (as in World Cup Soccer is "le Mondial")
Cabriolet - A form of soft top taxi cab (I believe horse drawn) from the 1800s - which, by the way, is where we get the word taxi "cab". If ONLY all cabs were cabriolets!
As to the pronunciation of Mondial, I just assumed it was MON-dee-al but I'll defer to those in the know.
Mike |
Jerry W. (Tork1966)
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Username: Tork1966
Post Number: 144
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 4:58 pm: | |
On the A&E special on Enzo, they pronounced it Moden-a. Like saying modern-a only without the r. It sure doesn't flow off the tongue. |
Brian Kennedy (Kennedy)
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Username: Kennedy
Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 9:18 am: | |
So which syllable is stressed in mon-dee-al?
Is it MON-dee-al? Or mon-DEE-al?
And what is the significance/meaning behind the name Mondial?
Just to be complete in our education,
Brian
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Michael Davidson (Cabrio_fan)
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Username: Cabrio_fan
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:53 am: | |
David, Joe, et all-
Thanks much. I'm sure to be on the right road to picking up a Mondial now that I know how to pronounce it, right? LOL
See you on the road someday...
Mike |
Jack (Gilles27)
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Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 32
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 7:33 pm: | |
Thank you for that clarification. I figured it had to do with something like that. I just found it odd that Luca himself seemed so clueless as to why it was being inserted into his name. |
David Albright (Dalbright)
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Username: Dalbright
Post Number: 286
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 3:26 pm: | |
'di' is similar to 'of' or 'from'....Luca of Montezemolo...Monte being mountain or mount and Zemolo being the name of that Mountain. Very common in Italy to see names with 'di' or 'd'' inserted in them, right before the last name (being actually part of the last name). |
Carl Gustaf Landin (Gustaf)
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Username: Gustaf
Post Number: 34
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 2:18 pm: | |
Thats right David. When a C is followed by an H, the C is pronunced as a K.
So hence, Barchetta is pronunced Barketta and not Barscetta or something...(I made that mistake myself).
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Jack (Gilles27)
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Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 22
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 1:47 pm: | |
Like most Italian words, I think pronunciation will depend on where in the world you happen to be. You will hear a lot of people stress the first syllable of Modena, like MODE-in-uh. Also, help clear this up. We often see the name Luca di Montezemolo in print. I remember reading a year or so ago, in an interview with Luca, that he has no idea of the origin of the "di" between his first and last name, and that it's incorrect. However, we continue to see it used (though not always). Do any of you linguists out there know of any Italian grammar rules that would call for it? Is it one of those "European-isms" that means "of the family", or whatever? |
David Albright (Dalbright)
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Username: Dalbright
Post Number: 285
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:50 am: | |
btw - bruschetta is brew-ske-ta....the ch is pronounced like a k. Everyone on America has it wrong |
David Albright (Dalbright)
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Username: Dalbright
Post Number: 284
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:48 am: | |
Mo-day-na |
Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
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Username: Rob328gts
Post Number: 1306
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:40 am: | |
Hey, this could be a good thread. How about the pronunciation of Modena?
I just remember the "e" isn't long.
When I tried to buy my train ticket in Florence, they didn't know what I was talking about until I said Ferrari. |
joe saldana (Ironjoe)
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Username: Ironjoe
Post Number: 39
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 8:14 am: | |
ED, This is your que,give Mike here the Mondial tour,the correct pronunciation is NORWOOD-MONDIAL,calling ED SALLA earth to ED,come in ED....anyways Mike on the Mondial scene Bob Norwood is YODA and ED is a true JEDI-mondial-warrior..... |
David Albright (Dalbright)
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Username: Dalbright
Post Number: 283
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 5:13 am: | |
mon-dee-al |
Michael Davidson (Cabrio_fan)
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Username: Cabrio_fan
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 3:48 am: | |
Hi,
I'm fairly new to the Ferrari scene. I've been eyeing the Mondial Cabriolet for some time now. My first question is: What is the proper pronunciation of Mondial? I've taken some French so I'm inclinded to say Mon-dee-(silent l). I've also thought Mon-dial (as in: turn the dial) or Mon-deal (as in: let's make a deal). Help! I'd like to converse in Ferrari-ese without sounding like I'm ignorant. Is one pronunciation more prevelant than another?
Thanks. |