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in reply to a message by -Violetta Lavender-
The Italian pronounciation is LOO-cho, the i is mute and serves to make the "ch" sound. It's probably pronounced differently in Spanish or Portuguese, though (possibly LOO-si-oh?)
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Lucia?
Now I'm curious: Is the i only mute in the masculine name Lucio? Cause I used to know a girl named Lucia who pronounced it loo-CHEE-ah and claimed this to be the Italian pronunciation. However, she wasn't Italian so maybe she was wrong with this. Is it possible that those two are not pronounced alike?
Now I'm curious: Is the i only mute in the masculine name Lucio? Cause I used to know a girl named Lucia who pronounced it loo-CHEE-ah and claimed this to be the Italian pronunciation. However, she wasn't Italian so maybe she was wrong with this. Is it possible that those two are not pronounced alike?
This message was edited 10/24/2009, 9:25 AM
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Lucia is indeed pronounced Loo-CHEE-ah in Italian. It's occasionally pronounced LOO-cha as well if you want it to be the female form of Lucio, but then it's got a stress on the u so that people don't pronounce it Loo-CHEE-ah.
The overall rule is that c followed by the letters a, o and u is pronounced "k" so you put a mute "i" to make the "ch" sound. So I suppose Lucia is the exception here, at the moment I can't think of other words containt c+i+a/o/u where the "i" isn't mute.
The overall rule is that c followed by the letters a, o and u is pronounced "k" so you put a mute "i" to make the "ch" sound. So I suppose Lucia is the exception here, at the moment I can't think of other words containt c+i+a/o/u where the "i" isn't mute.
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Thank you!
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That's great, because I like the pronounciation you posted better. Thank you! :)
This message was edited 10/24/2009, 6:39 AM
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