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”) |
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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 |