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Venice Street Signs in Venetian Dialect
Venice has plenty of street signs (mostly painted or mounted on the sides of buildings), but they can be confusing if you're looking for a address from a guidebook or a street name on a map. The reason for the confusion is simple: Most signs are in Venetian dialect, which can be slightly, moderately, or radically different from standard Italian. For example, the campo and church of "Giovanni e Paolo" become "Zanipolo" in Venetian dialect. Other spellings vary by only a letter or two and aren't likely to cause worry. Our advice:
Examples of Venetian dialect vs. Italian spellings:
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