FW: Capocollo (1953)

[Steve Boatti]

In a message dated 2/4/03 3:01:36 PM, jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM writes:

<< Standard Italian "con"
("with") was pronounced "coo." [by her Sicilian relatives]  >>

My wife's grandparents were Sicilian, and several people in her family
pronounced "con" as "coo." I think this vowel change is common in Sicilian.
"Questo" ["this"] in Italian is "chistu" in Sicilian. I have also seen
Italian "con" translated into Sicilian as "cu."

Steve Boatti