Gwenny Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 How do I pronounce this last name? I hate not knowing! Please spell it phonetically for me. Thanks, Gwen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAR120C Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 How do I pronounce this last name? I hate not knowing! Please spell it phonetically for me. Thanks, Gwen is Bwan-ah-ROW-tea, where "bwan" rhymes with "Juan"... Does that help? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhabelly Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 In his native Italian, it would be pronounced more like MEE-kul-AHNJ-uloh BWOH-nuh-ROH-tee. (kind of flows nicely, doesn't it, with every other syllable accented?) But he is so dadgum famous that art historians all over the world talk about him. German used to be the primary language of art history, and English is also used quite a bit, so you will also hear it pronounced this way, which is not considered incorrect. (The accents are the same.) MIH-kul-ANJ-elo BWAH-nuh-RAH-tee. So not very different. I think most folks here would agree with me that they hear the third syllable of his first name pronounced both ways -- short English "a" (my second example) and Italian/Latin "a", which is prounced as in FATHER (my first example). Sigh, more than you wanted. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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