Italian question

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Does anybody here speak Italian? I have two books of quotations, and they give different versions of something said by Galileo.

One is,

E pur si muove

and the other is,

Eppur si muove

Which is right? Or do they both make sense?

Thanks.

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Hi Parthenophilus,
As you said, both make sense and are correct. Today the form “eppur(e)” is preferred, I guess that Galileo could write in both way, but probably he would like more “e pur”.
Anyway, AFAIK, the quotation is traditionally referreded to Galileo, but I do not think he also wrote it down. Am I wrong?
Regards
Misopogon

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Thanks, Misopogon. Not only did he not write it down, but he probably didn’t even say it. But I think I might adopt this as my personal motto.