This post from
RGP should clear things up.
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"S. Lyle \"Sly\" Raymond" <slyraymond@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<Xns91CDEB8252FEFslyraymondearthlinkn@207. 217.77.26>...
> I've asked this before and not gotten a response:
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> What is the correct pronounciation for "Ciaffone?"
I sent Mr. Ciaffone e-mail and got this response (and permission to post):
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My grandfather came to the US from Italy as a child in the late 1800's.
Instead of using the correct cha fone' (rhymes with Capone) he simply used
the pronunciation of the NYC people, shuh FOE nee. I simply went by my
father's pronunciation, taken from my grandfather.
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I guess that's authoritative. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
--JMike
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Paul