How do you pronounce Bob Ciaffone's name?

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[Pov]

I believe it is

shuh FOH nay

[KramerTM]

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I believe it is

shuh FOH nay

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Wow, really? I've been saying "sha FONE" for the longest time!

[bholdr]

i thought it was see-A-fo-nee...

[ninjaunderwear]

I thought it was Bob C.

[Pov]

Update - I was just going by what I had heard, but since there was disagreement I asked a friend who would know better than me and he believes it is actually:

shuh FOE nee

Perhaps we should just list every possible pronunciation and then hold a vote? /images/graemlins/smile.gif Anyway, the "correct" pronunciation should be "ch fone" as in ciao, but it was apparently Americanized. So my friend tells me anyway. He seemed relatively certain, but willing to accept defeat if incontrovertible evidence were produced to the contrary. I was unable to find any with Google so I'll accept his pronunciation for now.

I love how names can change. My favorite is Joe Theisman. His name was pronounced Theesman until he was in the running for the Heisman trophy in college and he's been Joe Thighsman ever since. Or so the story goes.

[tonypaladino]

Its an italian name, right.

Strict Italian pronunciation:

Chaf-Phone-Eh

Common Italian American Pronunciation

Shah-Phone

Street Sicilian:

Ja-Phone-Eh

[newhizzle]

wow ive had this one way off, ive been pronouncing it kiafone

I sent an email to Bob and he says it's shuh-fo-nee.