Archive for February, 2006

Turin versus Torino

February 12th, 2006 @ 18:11 — jjk

Why are there two names for the Italian city of Torino (the second being Turin)? If English and Italian share the same alphabet, why do they not share the same spelling and pronunciation of names of cities? Surely Italians don’t have alternate spellings and pronunciations of their last names, right? What gives?