Name pronunciations

[Paolo Cavallo]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miriam Hardin" <miriam.hardin at lycos.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:10 AM
> Subject: Name pronunciations
> 
> 
> > I'm hoping someone on the list can answer a pronunciation question--well,
> two of them, actually.
> >
> > 1. Paola in _V._.  the first time I encountered the name, I thought of it
> as being pronounced like the word "payola."  This came from having lived not
> too far from Paoli, PA (pron. "pay-OH-lee).  But it occurred to me that
> "Paola" is the feminine version of "Paolo," and therefore pronounced more
> like "POW-la."  Is that correct?  I'm having a hard time shaking the habit
> of looking at the name and thinking "pay-OH-la."

Paola is (also) an Italian name. You can listen to me spelling it at this link:
http://www.alberghetti.it/paolo.cavallo/paola.wav
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Paolo Cavallo       " I am a teacher at heart, and 
                there are moments in the classroom 
                 when I can hardly hold the joy. "
                               P. J. Palmer, 1998
paolo.cavallo at iperbole.bologna.it
http://www.alberghetti.it/paolo.cavallo/pc.htm
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