Hi,

I recently acquired a Visconti Van Gogh Maxi in Musk Green and I've been pronouncing the company name as "Viss-con-ti". Someone then asked me if it was actually "Vy-conti". Then I started thinking that maybe it was really "Vee-con-ti".

Maybe I should start saying it all three ways just to be sure.

Help.

hi,

the pronounce is "Vis-con-ti" the i shall be read like Italy + one "s"

ciao from Italy

That's the Francotalian pronunciation.

And for something completely different, in British English it would be pronounced "throatwobbler mangrove."

Thank you! Explained very well.
I blushed at every pronounciation at the MI show... wrong on Each one...my only contact being online till then.
How about, & I realize my speeling is dreadful on this one,> Monte Grappa?
p2p

It's a little hard to show correctly in English, so how about borrowing accent marks from French: monn té GRAP pa (Note: all the "a"s are pronounced as in "father", not as in "cat".)

Thank You! yes the a's are the hard part.
p2p

I hope you'll enjoy this:<BR>

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Thank you, Susanna! Pronunciations plus a wonderful look at pen sizes in the hand.

I missed this in the shuffle, good stuff, Susanna. Grazie

vees-con-tee, the "o" is without a dipthong (no ooo at the end) and is slightly opened toward an "aw" but not that broad.

Susanna,

Thank you so much for the guide -- I loved it. Since you are now famous, may I ask you to please autograph your email to me about the Stipula?