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[Facts] Sofia/Sophia
In Italy, is the name Sofia only used spelled like this or also in the -ph- variant(Sophia)?Thanks for any information!
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thank you :)
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Sofia is the greek spelling as far as I know and that is our last child's name
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yesBecause the "ph" sound doesn't exist. Sophia Loren spelled it this way to make it more exotic.
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I once read an article about Sophia LorenWhere she stated that she was mocked by people in Italy because of her name - call SOP-hia because ph did not make an f sound in that language.However, that was sometime ago.
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From the Wikipedia article about her at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren
"Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome on ... .... ... She eventually changed her name to Sophia Loren."The article in the Italian Wikipedia about the given name Sofia doesn't mention Sophia as an Italian variant:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_(nome)
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