CHAT: R: Re: R: Re: CHAT: Pronunciation (Re: Whiteness?)

> Mangiat wrote:
> > Worms pronounced as if it were an English town /worms/
>
> Which makes the name Diet of Worms rather amusing.  :-)  I can't
> remember exactly what the Diet of Worms was, but it was an event in the
> schism between Catholic and Lutheran.
Fortunately in Italian 'worms' sounds 'vermi' /vErmi/, which doesn't allow
you to confuse the 'Dieta di Worms' from a 'dieta di vermi' : )

Luca