A Pronunciation Key

Fans of the International Phonetic Alphabet, I beg your forgiveness. Below is a do-it-myself list of names and places mentioned in the memoir.

Barone

Bahr-own

Bonefro

Bone-nay-fro

Campobasso

Cahm-poh-bah-so

Eufemia

You-fee-me-ah (in English, rhymes with “Bohemia”)

 

Eh-ew-femme-ya (in Italian, rhymes with “Word stolen from Greeks”)

Femia

Femma-ya

Gennaro

Jenn-ah-roh

Lucia

Lew-chee-ah

Michelantonio

Me-kale-ahn-tone-knee-oh

Molise

Mo-leez

Paesani

Pie-sah-knee

Sapooch

Sah-pooch