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Silvano wrote:

> jerryfriedman hat am 09.06.2024 um 14:53 geschrieben:
>> Peter Moylan wrote:

>>> I'm not sure how I learnt that word, but I did know that it had two
>>> syllables.
>> 
>> What word?  As far as I know, Italian "dove" is pronounced exactly
>> like "Dov'è".

> I know better, as I should when we talk about my native language.

> Dove - spoken accent on "o".
> Dov'è (actually two words fused together: "dove è", but we never
> separate the two "e") - spoken accent on "e".
> I won't elaborate on the openness and closeness of the "e".

Thanks.  An interesting difference, since in English we don't usually
accent the "is" in "Where is", unless it's followed by a personal
pronoun or for emphasis.

-- 
Jerry Friedman