Pronounce Ser Jacopo

[mso489]

Okay, I've ordered this good pipe, big stuff for me, but I haven't a clue how to pronounce the name,

and my some-time Italy touring wife isn't sure either.
Ser -- is this "sir," "sare," something else?
Is it Jah-cop'-oh, or jah'-coe-poe? Or something else.
Any real Italian speakers out there? Or someone who knows the lingo from their pipe retailer, dependably?
I think I know how to say Savenelli, Cassano, Larocca, and Luciano (from Lucky, the mobster), but not this. Help!

 

[rickpal14]

From what I have read it is pronounced "sare jah'-coe-poe"
And great purchase BTW!!

 

[dervis]

Being from Alabama better I don't suggest how to pronounce anything. However Fantastic purchase.

 

[cortezattic]

:laughat: Dervis
Moreover, is Ser a first name, title, or what? (...and don't say "or what.)

 

[wayneteipen]

sare ZYAH-cuh-po
If I'm not mistaken.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I've always heard it pronounced yah-ka-poe.

 

[wayneteipen]

You're right lordofthepipering. It's YAH-cuh-po

 

[wayneteipen]

I did a little research and found that the letter J isn't used in the Italian language so when it appears the word is typically of a foreign origin. Jacopo is apparently a Jewish variant of Jacob. Ser appears to mean TO BE as in the essence of. It makes sense that the J in this case is pronounced as a Y; especially since it is of Jewish origin.

 

[jonahtke]

+1 for the Y sound. I know a man named Jacubus (Jaco for short) and it too is pronounced with a Y.

 

[lonestar]

The company is named after the founders son who passed away. His name was Jacopo.