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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".