ITALIAN NAMES.
Sir,-Why does one of the announcers of the nine o’clock Newsreel pronounce Trieste "Triester’? Also all announcers, even the BBC, pronounce Bologna "Bolognia." Could you kindly inform me through The Listener which is correct?
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(Riccarton).
(The announcer is using the Italian pronuhciation of "Trieste." The accepted pronunciation in English and Italian of the place name "Bologna" is ‘"Bolohnya."’)
Sige interesting photograph of* Dr. H. S. Canby which appeared on our cover last week was a portrait study Specially taken for "The Listener" by Spencer Digby, Wellington,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 314, 29 June 1945, Page 5
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89ITALIAN NAMES. New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 314, 29 June 1945, Page 5
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