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dominic Says:

 I have great memories of this song. It always reminds me of the world cup italia 90. It was number one in the British charts for a long time. Now i now exactly what the song means thanks, guys.

Tim Collins Says:

 Is there a free, published guide that gives a phonetic version of “Nessun Dorma”, for English speaking persons?
eg., In Italian the word could be spelled “Ti”, what would the english translation be phonetically? Do I always say, “Tee”, or “Tie”? If the word in Italian where “Gel”, in English speaking person would I pronunce that, as “Jeel” giving the “G” a “J” sound or would it be “Jell”? You see what I’m saying? In English if the word I see is spelled “Gel”, I would interpret that “phonetically” in english as “Jell”, but it should really be pronounced “Geel” in Italian, or would it be pronounced “Gill” ?
In other words is there a phonetic version of “Nessun Dorma”, that guides the (non-Italian speaking singer), in the correct “Italian” pronounciation allowing for the fact that the non-Italian speaking person will not know how to pronounce the “Italian” word in “English”? But if I hear it phonetically then I can memorize how it’s supposed to be pronounced. Is that clear? I hope? It’s a little difficult to explain, sorry. One way or another I’m going to learn “Nessun Dorma”!

Thank you so much my friend.

Sincerely,
Tim Collins.