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Help[Opinions] Re: Romeo pronounciation?
in reply to a message by Felie
I can only speak for myself really. In South Africa we have a very small Italian community and I've never seen Romeo used by them or by anyone else here. If I did, I'd use your roh-MEH-oh pronunciation or as close to it as I can get.
However, practically every South African who's ever been to high school has probably studied 'Romeo and Juliet', and the intonation pattern for both names is the same, so it'd be ROH-mee-oh and the same when it's used as a nn for the kind of man who falls in and out of love very quickly.
One of David Beckham's sons is Romeo; no clue how he pronounces it, though I'd bet on ROH-mee-oh!
However, practically every South African who's ever been to high school has probably studied 'Romeo and Juliet', and the intonation pattern for both names is the same, so it'd be ROH-mee-oh and the same when it's used as a nn for the kind of man who falls in and out of love very quickly.
One of David Beckham's sons is Romeo; no clue how he pronounces it, though I'd bet on ROH-mee-oh!
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