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Old 06-22-12 | 03:47 PM
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From: Mount Vernon, NY

Bikes: Olympia Competizione & Special Piuma, Frejus track circa 1958, Dahon Helios, many others

My Noo-Yawk-Amurrican-English-ear-influenced pronunciation guide:
com-pan-YO-lo
puh-ZHOE
san-ZHAY*
reh-NAY AIRSE
EFF-grave
le-ZHUN
chin-ELLY
san-REN-show
bee-YON-kee
CHEE-low
WIT-come
suh-ROTTA
WHY-gull
bare-TOOD
I left out Ciocc on purpose. Too controversial.

*This sounds pretentious, unless you are a native French speaker. I say SING-er. However, that's how it is pronounced in a video shot in the Singer shop in Paris, so I put it in.

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