How Do You Pronounce Spagnuolo?

by Nbr1RamFan on Mar 18, 2009 10:51 AM CDT

I've heard it pronounced several different ways.

I've heard it pronounced "Spag-no-low", basically making the ‘u’ silent.

I've heard it pronounced "Span - yo - lo", making the 'g' silent.

And I've heard it pronounced "spag - new - o - lo", making nothing silent.

I’m thinking in Italian the 'g’ is silent like in "lasagna". Is that right? Somebody out there must be Italian that can help me out with this.

So how do you pronounce Spagnuolo?

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When he introduced himself

I think he said Span-yo-lo. But everyone will be calling him Spag-no-lo so how he pronounces it won’t really matter.

by JoeyBombs on Mar 18, 2009 9:16 PM CDT reply actions

Couldn't resist.

Been reading for a few weeks here. I’m loving it. I actually took 3 semesters of Italian and spent a semester in Florence, so I feel somewhat qualified to field this one.

Span-gnu(as in the other word for wildebeest)-o’-lo would be the closest you can really put in typing. The g isn’t really silent, but it does form a sound as in “lasagna”. Also, the u and the o are both pronounced, but they’d be sort of slurred together. The syllabic emphasis would be on the o, as well. In Italian you pronounce all of the letters, most of the time.

Hope this helps. This is going to be a tough season for me hearing everyone mangle his name all season; however, I’m happy I’ll be able to watch since they hired him instead of Jason Garrett, though.

by thisguy on Mar 18, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions

After going to Italy in January...

I concur. In layman’s terms, it should sound like span-uo-lo, emphasis on the second syllable. The uo should sound like “You” and “Oh” together. And of course the ‘g’ doesn’t get pronounced, making the same sound as “lasagna.” If that even helps.

Rockin' the Red

by rockin the red on Mar 24, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions