Talk:Italian spelling

GU?

Is GUE and GUI pronounced /gwe/ /gwi/ or /ge/ /gi/ ?

Thanks --24.125.38.214 04:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * They're /gwe/ and /gwi/. What in the article suggests otherwise?
 * Yes, in Italian. Perhaps the OP is thinking of Spanish. &mdash; Paul G 08:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC) 08:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Why is this article, purportedly about spelling, concerned with pronunciation? &mdash; Paul G 08:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC) 08:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The two are intimately related, at least in any language that has a phonetic alphabet. How do you spell the sound /f/?  In English we're accustomed to a fair bit of weirdness, since the pronunciation of a letter varies a great deal depending on the etymology of the word it's sitting in.  Other languages are somewhat more consistent.  Furthermore, if the article wasn't about the relation of letters to sounds, what would it be about?  It's not terribly interesting to say that Italian spells the letter A as A, B as B, etc...  There's an Italian alphabet article that covers the basic inventory of characters, though it doesn't appear to include the diacritics. Auros 16:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Is extra-Ue pronounced /ɛkstra'wɛ/? When I pronounce UE I say the two vowels /u.e/, /w.e/ is the interjection "Ué!". Moreover it would mean that the word extra-Ue is pronounced extrauè, and I've never heard it.


 * The merge tag has been there long enough without comment. Let's do it!  Æµ§œš¹ [aɪm ˈfɻɛ̃ⁿdˡi] 02:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)