True or Fazzle? It's Pronounced Cell-O

Our Hero has learned the difference between fiction and non-fiction books. One of his favorite non-fiction books is The Story of the Orchestra, which was once his Cousin Nick's. It details the history and assorted fun facts of all the instruments in the orchestra. The book includes a companion CD with snippets of music that feature that instrument.

Monday night, Julie was reading to Joe about the cello. "Cello," she announced. Joe softly said, "Cell-o," pronouncing it like it rhymed with Jell-O. He added, "There's no h." Julie chuckled and explained this was an Italian word so the letters followed different rules. She drew an analogy to Spanish.  Joe was not convinced. He believes cello is pronounced Cell-O.

At least he believes that false--as in "True or false?"--is not pronounced "fazzle," which he still nevertheless often says. But there, he would undoubtedly note, the s does indeed follow the l.

Oh Fans! True or fazzle? We can't make this stuff up?!