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> For example, in some contexts, Roma ‘Rome’ will be pronounced Rroma in Neapolitan; to go ‘to Rome’ is to go a Rroma, with a doubled or ‘geminated’ consonant.
by tomcooks 6y ago
> For example, in some contexts, Roma ‘Rome’ will be pronounced Rroma in Neapolitan; to go ‘to Rome’ is to go a Rroma, with a doubled or ‘geminated’ consonant.
I believe it's to phonetically make it separate from "aroma".
You could say the same as "o libro" mentioned a paragraf below, which is spelled "o libbrõ" while libro is, and was, masculine