It's so cool. And it's kind of like
Frankie and
Vinnie to me. Vintage Italian-Americanish? KWIM? It's so cool ... but I would not use it myself because it doesn't seem to suit us. I've thought about it, though. I would think it was nifty if I met a kid named
Dante (as long as it wasn't a GIRL ffs)
In my accent, DAN-tay would be
DAN to rhyme the sound in d
ance.
Dante is DAHN-tay with
AH like the sound in w
ant.
My accent doesn't distinguish a lot between AW and
AH either, but it feels like it does. AW is longer. Hawk is slightly different from hock. Caught from cot. But I'm not sure anyone could distinguish which of those words I am saying. ??