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by borroka 316 days ago
This is an important sign when someone who is not Italian speaks Italian. The double consonant, for example in the word bello/a, indicates a longer ā€œlā€ sound, but English speakers in particular do not hear the longer sound and therefore pronounce it as belo/a. Or, when they are told about the longer sound, they pronounce it in a caricatured way as bellllo/a.