At 03:03 AM 06/08/02, Mark D. Lew wrote: >>Somebody ought to tell Tom how to spell "a cappella," [...] > >Every dictionary I have lists both spellings as legitimate.
My Norton/Grove says that 'cappella' is the Italian spelling of the word for 'chapel', and 'capella' is the Latin one. Since 'a cappella' is an Italian phrase, though, only the Italian spelling is correct. 'A capella' in Latin would mean 'away from the chapel', which is the opposite of the intended meaning. On the other hand, my Cassell's Latin dictionary lists the only meaning of 'capella' as 'she-goat', which I think would be inappropriate here in any case. <g> Aaron. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
