Re: OT: Julius etc. (was Re: USAGE: syllables)

Quoting John Cowan <cowan@...>:

> Roger Mills scripsit:
>
> > No doubt singing songs by Jule ['dZuli] Styne. My favorites are the
> Mafiosi
> > called Sallie (< Salvatore). Maybe it's a NYC thing.........:-)
>
> Maybe so.  LaRosa was DJing rather than singing at the time.
> Most Salvatores I know are Sal.  Then there are the Nicks who are
> Dominics.
Those ones are reasonably safe. What's dangerous are the Niques (<Monique).

And I've run across at least one Sal whose full name was Sally.

                                                                  Andreas