Lancia: saying it all wrong
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CanAm said:
Breadvan72 said:
I bet that most of us say Larnsia. But it's actually Lanchya. So said my Italian friend, but he is not a car person. But the internet never lies, and here you go -
Only south-easterners; the rest of the country says Lansia. There's a film - Cannonball Run maybe, where Burt Reynolds? says it like Launcher which really annoys me!
I used to have an Italian Architect working for me at a practice I managed in the North West a few years ago.
The other office car buff and I used to deliberately start conversations about Lamb-bor-jeanies, Land-seer Integrals and Fiat Sink-when-toes, just to wind him up.
He was equally scathing about our lack of proper appreciation for wine.
You can actually pronounce 'Lancia' almost correctly without seeming too much of a pretentious tit by de-emphasising the last syllable a bit.
The other office car buff and I used to deliberately start conversations about Lamb-bor-jeanies, Land-seer Integrals and Fiat Sink-when-toes, just to wind him up.
He was equally scathing about our lack of proper appreciation for wine.
You can actually pronounce 'Lancia' almost correctly without seeming too much of a pretentious tit by de-emphasising the last syllable a bit.
67Dino said:
I’m sticking with “Gib-loy” anyway.
Edited by Equus on Saturday 11th July 17:49
Breadvan72 said:
I bet that most of us say Larnsia. But it's actually Lanchya. So said my Italian friend, but he is not a car person. But the internet never lies, and here you go -
https://youtu.be/oq2TeRV5Zmc
Is he southern Italian? Northern is Lanch-a.The i is to soften the c only.https://youtu.be/oq2TeRV5Zmc
Yup, he is from The Abruzzo, so a total pleb!
PS: Also a QC who is Mr Football Law, who has bought back his grandfather's old farmhouse and restored it, and grows vines and olives in the ancestral village, where he now spends his summer. Not bad for a lad from the mountains.
PS: Also a QC who is Mr Football Law, who has bought back his grandfather's old farmhouse and restored it, and grows vines and olives in the ancestral village, where he now spends his summer. Not bad for a lad from the mountains.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 11th July 17:52
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