Sorry for over-posting, but this was something I forgot to mention. I was
talking today to a guy who has spent much of his life in the States and he
pointed out that as Nina Simone came from the originally Francophone
Louisiana her surname would inevitably have a mute final 'e' whereas Mr
Rambletone's fictional Italian-American New York detective would have a
sounding, probably like a schaw, at the end.
All the Best
Dave
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