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Old 03-28-2007, 04:03 AM
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Default Re: High Stakes Poker thread 3/26 (Ivey and others)

-Is anybody ever going to tell commentators that his name is DAGOSTINO, and not, DEEEEAGOSTINO. -

I thought the same thing about Gabe's pronunciation of D'Agostino, but I think D'Agostino is either a Greek or Italian name.

Notice the apostrophe in his name. Like all apostrophes, it's replacing something. I think it's replacing the letter i. So, the correct spelling would be di Agostino or Di Agostino.

In Italian (and maybe Greek), di is pronounced deeeee(the i is pronounced like the e's in steep). So, I think Gabe's correct. Remember... Gabe knows all...or at least he thinks he does.

di Pronunciation= deee (long e sound)
—prep.
from; of: used in Italian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin: Conte di Savņia. Also,Di.
from: http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/di
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