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Ciao Tutti
I have a little problem (no not catching).
I have to give an e-mail address over the phone to someone in Italy who does'nt speak English (my Italian is poor) :eek:
Spelling it out (Italian letters) is not a problem, but is @ pronounced 'at' or is there an Italian term for it.
I assume for 'dot' I can use 'punto', but how do I say 'all in lower case' I am not sure whether upper or lower case matters but better to be safe.
Thanks for any help and [B]BUON NATALE[/B]

Saluti
Dave

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Che significa? - Italian Language Queries

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/24/2005 - 14:18

Buon natale, Dave.

The @ symbol is "chiocciola" in italian. It means snail - the symbol does sort of look like a snail. I'm not sure how to tell you how to pronounce it - maybe check your dictionary. The ch at the beginning has a "k" sound and the double cc in the middle has a "ch" sound - it is a good review of the rules for pronunciation of the "c" combinations in italian.

The period in the email address is "punto" as you supposed.

I don't think I would even mention that it is all in lower case because I think most people know that.

Saluti,

Virginia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/25/2005 - 04:36

Thanks for your replies, greatly appreciated.
Pronounciation should'nt be a problem as my partner is Italian but she did'nt know the word for @
Ugo
I didn't think of sms because we only have land line number of person to send details, we may be able to get mobile number.
Thanks again and BUON NATALE

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 16:59

Just a very small point, but as an English teacher who has also taught beginners' Italian here in the UK I always remind students that Ch is hard as in 'Chianti'. My boozy students always seem to remember that one...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/30/2005 - 16:12

I have noticed that most Italians do not know how to make the @ sign when writing by hand. Their attempts are almost comical. Has anyone else noticed this?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/30/2005 - 16:25

Ciao tutti
Got an e-mail from Italy today, so the pronunciation of the letters and the 'snail' worked, thanks again to those that replied.
saluti
Dave