Klarinet Archive - Posting 001135.txt from 2003/04

From: "Wendy" <bosma@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:47:51 -0400

Irrelevant, the topic was spelling, not speech. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dee D. Flint [mailto:deehays@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta

'Fraid not. It is quite common for Italians to drop a final vowel in
informal circumstances. A very common example is "andiamo" which is
frequently shortened to "andiam" in day to day speech.

Dee

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