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The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Please note that content linked from this page may have. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Uploaded by Cristian Violatti, published on 02 January 2015. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Which ones have you visited? Which one you liked the most? Let us know in the comments below! Take some time to discover all of the cities, especially the ones you have never heard of! encre gif image deco glitter fo fond encre gif image deco glitter animation anim encre. Now for all of us who are overachievers, can you spot all of the above cities on the map? 🙂 See the PicMix Alfabeto belonging to silviargarcia on PicMix. The letters J, K, W, X, Y are considered “foreing” letters and for this reason they have a separate spelling word: Z Zara (Why is a Croatian city here? Well, for some time it was part of Italy!)Īs you might have noticed the Italian alphabet only has 21 letters. H Hotel (We don’t have a city starting with H!) In Italy, when we have to spell hard names or words, we use the names of large or well known cities, possibly Italian ones (oh boy! Does that mean I need to learn some geography? Yup!).īelow you can find the list of cities people usually use to spell words in Italy: Letter Italian Spelling What is the Alfabeto Telefonico?Īlfabeto telefonico literally means telephone alphabet and is a series of words associated to the letters of the alphabet to help people understand the spelling of a word. In such situations almost all Italians rely on the “alfabeto telefonico” which is the equivalent of the most common Military Alphabet used in English-speaking countries (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.). I still remember one of my first English lessons where we learned how to do the “spelling” of our names. That lesson came very useful years later when I found myself in the US trying to book a table at a restaurant on the telephone: “Sir, could you please spell your name?”Įven though the word “spelling” is nowadays recognized in Italy, the Italian language does not have a direct translation of the word, we more commonly say: “Come si scrive?”
