Maybe I'm being anal here, but I don't believe anyone's ever mentioned to me the pronunciation of Pietta. Is it P-YAY-ta, or P-YET-a, or something else? I'm planning an educational video including weapons of the Civil War ( I'm a school tours guide in Saint Augustine, FL ), and wanted to make sure if there is a proper way to pronounce the word Pietta ( don't want to sound like an idiot.....).
Pronunciation question
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madcratebuilder
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I've always called them PEA TA.
Fingers McGee
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Noz said:
Me too
FM
Spent a little time in Italy
Pee ET tah.
An Italian would emphasize the hardness of the "T" almost sounding one "T" at the end of the second syllable and the other "T" at the beginning of the third syllable. An American would gloss over it almost as though the he were pronouncing a single letter "D".
Also an Italian might pronounce the middle syllable with a long "A" like "bay" deemphasizing the first "T":
Pee AY tah.
Pee ET tah.
An Italian would emphasize the hardness of the "T" almost sounding one "T" at the end of the second syllable and the other "T" at the beginning of the third syllable. An American would gloss over it almost as though the he were pronouncing a single letter "D".
Also an Italian might pronounce the middle syllable with a long "A" like "bay" deemphasizing the first "T":
Pee AY tah.
grymster2007
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Now pronounce Uberti.
DustyBottoms
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My family's Italian - grew up hearing a lot of it.
I believe the correct pronunciations are "pee-YET-ah" and "oo-BARE-tee".
I believe the correct pronunciations are "pee-YET-ah" and "oo-BARE-tee".
cerberus65
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Doc is right on Pietta.
Uberti is oo-BEAR-tee.
ETA: didn't see Dusty's post before I hit submit.
Uberti is oo-BEAR-tee.
ETA: didn't see Dusty's post before I hit submit.
g.willikers
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Just say "Sixgun."
grymster2007
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You mean People Eating Tasty Animals?
For the win.
Here i am
Pronounce "Pietta" for me is simple, "pietta" is "pietta" more hard is to explane you how pronounce this word
So, the double T are very important you must pronounce hard them, "pi" i think you can say "Pe" or Pee" but with the "e" short, the "E" sounds normally like your pronounce of A, the final A keep good "Ah" but the "h" is not pronounced
i think you can try to read this "Peatttah"So, now i'll gone to search an audio file over the net where the word is clear pronounced
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Rusty
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now that we have pietta and uberti down, what about "schofield" as in the smith and wesson scholfield. i have always said "SHO-feeld". being part german the "sch" is "sh" as in schultz.
anyone say it different?
anyone say it different?
grymster2007
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I say Skofeeld.
I also say Dayta when referring to information and Stayus when referring to condition... bugs the libs out here in Cali who want to know the stahtus of their dahta.
I also say Dayta when referring to information and Stayus when referring to condition... bugs the libs out here in Cali who want to know the stahtus of their dahta.