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Marone or Madone? : r/thesopranos - Reddit
Not the 80's pop star, but for Mary, the mother of Christ, which is translated to Madonna in Italian. I'm sure if you heard mustache petes say it in the 1930s it would be pronounced "oh, Madonna!". After a few generations of Italian-American wiseguys growing up in places like Brooklyn, The Bronx and Jersey, it became, "oof, Madon'!!!".