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About LinkBacksI say them both. One phrase I say "ti". The other "tos".
Which spelling is the true right one? Because I would like to stick with one.
Thanks.
Concerti or concertos?
I say them both. One phrase I say "ti". The other "tos".
Which spelling is the true right one? Because I would like to stick with one.
Thanks.
"Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt... though he often saunters, in the manner of his time, this is always something there."
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Concerto is Italian, unless I'm mistaken. Concerti is Italian, too. I try my best to stick with concerti, although I falter with 'tempos' sometimes.
Regards,
Navneeth
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Yep, it is italian. But the "os" mean that the word is accepted as a "vernacular" word by one language.Originally Posted by opus67
Concerto is Italian, unless I'm mistaken. Concerti is Italian, too. I try my best to stick with concerti, although I falter with 'tempos' sometimes.
"Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt... though he often saunters, in the manner of his time, this is always something there."
Mozart
I say both too, despite being rather a pedant. Perhaps neither would be a solecism except in the wrong sort of company anyway.
I don't suppose that helps!
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- Malcolm Arnold.
Just nomenclature although I confess I wouldn't go into an Itilian restaurant and ask for Spaghettos.
We do worse in French. We said "spaghettiS"
It's sad that we dropped all forms of latin or italian plural.
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perhaps, but we say however: “ Un lavabo, des lavabi »
hahaha, lavabo isn't even a noun in Latin. It's a verb meaning "I'm going to wash".
of course, and lavabi means "I had a wash".
Just listening to Mozart's Lavabo for Spaghetto, K622.
Edit - sorry, I meant his Spaghetto for Lavabo, K622
BTW, did he really compose it himself?
That reminds me...considering all that, what is the singular form of timpani (assuming there is one)? I've just never thought about it until now...
Wiki:
Timpani is an Italian plural, the singular of which is timpano. However, this is rarely used in informal English speech as a timpano is typically referred to as a drum, a timpani, or simply a timp.
One of my favourite Spaghettos.
Regards,
Navneeth
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