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LETTER: Mr. Patullo wants us all to start pronouncing Patullo properly

The Editor,

I am visiting in your beautiful British Columbia with my good friends in Surrey.

This part of your country is truly beautiful but some name pronunciations by some people is truly dreadful.

One thing I was very surprised and proud of was when I see that a bridge here is named for a distant relation to me.

It is the Patullo Bridge.

My name is Georgio Augustus Patullo. Then I hear on the evening television news that a traffic reporter many times is calling the bridge Patello Bridge. Others I have heard say Patello with an 'e'. In my family and my country, we say Patullo (pronounced Patoolo), which is the correct way. I am wondering if these people who don't know correct pronunciation for television are not very well educated, maybe.

I am sure everybody could understand that a family name should be pronounced right, especially when it is a name for a historical bridge.

Maybe if everyone reads this letter then things could change and we will start pronouncing it properly.

Giorgio Patullo