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Silly spelling questions!

Postby Poipuo4 » 10 Apr 2007, 15:09

On some documents for the same person, I have Guiseppe and on other Giuseppe. Are these both correct spellings or is only Giuseppe the correct one? (Told you it was a silly question). :oops:
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Re: Silly spelling questions!

Postby Biff83 » 10 Apr 2007, 16:07

Giuseppe is the correct spelling. The Guiseppe variation could have resulted from a typo, transcription error or whatever.

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Re: Silly spelling questions!

Postby Poipuo4 » 10 Apr 2007, 16:53

Thanks, Biff! It was even hard to tell from his own handwriting because the dot over the "i" sometimes looked like it was over the "u."
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Re: Silly spelling questions!

Postby liviomoreno » 12 Apr 2007, 06:03

Poipuo4 wrote:Thanks, Biff! It was even hard to tell from his own handwriting because the dot over the "i" sometimes looked like it was over the "u."

Guiseppe is a common misspelling in US. The correct name is Giuseppe, which translates into Joseph.
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