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In Italy it’s quite common to go with Galileo Galilei, I would say we use name surname most of the time when we mention him. Maybe it has to do also with how it
by camillomiller 7y ago
In Italy it’s quite common to go with Galileo Galilei, I would say we use name surname most of the time when we mention him. Maybe it has to do also with how it rolls out of the tongue nicely for us.
- wirrbel 7y agoIn German I think we also use Galilei more then Galileo.
- weinzierl 7y agoFor a German native speaker I feel Galileo Galilei is a tongue breaker. I envy you Italians... The US English dictionary in Firefox knows about Galileo but doesn't recognize Galilei. When I switch to German it is the opposite: Galilei recognized but Gelileo unknown. This kind of supports your point.
- jacobush 7y agoIn Sweden I have heard Galileo Galilei often enough for it to stick in my mind. Maybe something from middle school text books actually didn't rub off with the years? But Galileo is more common.
- w-m 7y agoNot so sure about that. For example there’s this German TV show that lasted 6000+ episodes over the last 20 years, with popular science content (at least originally). It’s known by almost everybody and it is called Galileo, not Galilei.
- jobigoud 7y agoIn France we say "Galilée". Not sure if it's referring to first or last name.
- camillomiller 7y agoClassic France!
- YeGoblynQueenne 7y agoIn Greek Galileo's whole name sounds funny. "Ο Γαλιλαίος Γαλιλέι" sounds a lot like a verb phrase, "Galileo is Galileing". Although there is no verb "Galilei" in Greek it does sound like a weird way to say that "Someone is saying something in Gallic (French)".