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in reply to a message by Murasaki
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?
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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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