Thomas Sovereign Gates was the president of the University of Pennsylvania during that time so it might pertain to that fellow. Oh, the city on the back of the photo might be Chestnut Hill, PA.
Beginning Italian pronunciation guide (I don't speak Italian, but my father taught us correct pronunciations many years ago) Centanini... Ce is pronounced Cha(y). Che is pron. Kay but no dipthongs in Italian, so like Ka(y). Eh, ee, ah, O without the "u" sound at the end... Ooh=u, no eu, pure vowel sounds. "A" is Ah, eh (as in bet) ee O ooh. Think of the sound of o(ka)y Bella cosa of O Sole Mio... Ben(y)amino Gigli= zhilyi. Not a giggily fellow. Che gelida manina. Ka(y) jeleeda mah-nee-nah. All pure vowels, nothing like German. The wag from National Lampoon said German sounds like someone using an air sick bag. For Centanini To be pronounced Sentanini, it would have to be spelled with an s. There's a cutie pie newscaster on PBS last name of Vanozzi. She drives me crazy when she pronounces it Van-nosy. It's pron. Van- otzi, as in La Nozze di Figaro. Well, enough for now. Buy a little Italian dictionary with pronunciation guide, no point mangling simple Italian names. 🔵👹🐸🦖🫏
Looking forward to the next one!
Thomas Sovereign Gates was the president of the University of Pennsylvania during that time so it might pertain to that fellow. Oh, the city on the back of the photo might be Chestnut Hill, PA.
What lot number are you referring to?
@@naucksvintagerecords Hi Kurt & gang, Lot 121 20:06 the Benito Mussolini photo.
Very interesting, thanks!
Beginning Italian pronunciation guide (I don't speak Italian, but my father taught us correct pronunciations many years ago) Centanini... Ce is pronounced Cha(y). Che is pron. Kay but no dipthongs in Italian, so like Ka(y). Eh, ee, ah, O without the "u" sound at the end... Ooh=u, no eu, pure vowel sounds. "A" is Ah, eh (as in bet) ee O ooh. Think of the sound of o(ka)y Bella cosa of O Sole Mio... Ben(y)amino Gigli= zhilyi.
Not a giggily fellow. Che gelida manina. Ka(y) jeleeda mah-nee-nah.
All pure vowels, nothing like German.
The wag from National Lampoon said German sounds like someone using an air sick bag. For Centanini To be pronounced Sentanini, it would have to be spelled with an s. There's a cutie pie newscaster on PBS last name of Vanozzi. She drives me crazy when she pronounces it Van-nosy. It's pron. Van- otzi, as in La Nozze di Figaro. Well, enough for now. Buy a little Italian dictionary with pronunciation guide, no point mangling simple Italian names. 🔵👹🐸🦖🫏
Thanks George. Ciao!