Okay, my last post on this subject. I grew up in a large Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh composed of alot of Neapolitans. Some of my people were Abruzzese. Those that came over on the boat, so to speak, naturally spoke indigenous Italian just like Fabrizio. What is very difficult for the untrained ear to pick up is that Fabrizio actually does pronounce the "e" on the end of Corleone. It is very, very subtle. That's the way my people would have pronounced it. I think that Lavinia and Lolli have it pretty much correct. Take my screen name, Olivant. Given the way I usually pronounce it, you might think I said Olivan - without the "T" on the end.