The Turin Olympics has a surprise for the Opening Ceremonies. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti will be singing. This was kept a secret until yesterday. Pavarotti has performed at major sporting events in the past, but this is his first Olympics appearance.
Is it the Turin Olympics or the Torino Olympics? We are covering the Olympics with the children in our center, and they are confused as to the proper name. Thank you
Angie, please see the previous post here for more on this discussion. Basically, Turin is the Anglicized version of Torino, much as Rome is the Anglicized version of Roma or Les Etats Unis is the French version of the United States. In Italy, it is Torino. In the U.S., it depends who’s talking.