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I Am the Bruschetta Cunt

Name something of which you correct other's pronunciation!

by Anonymousreply 105February 22, 2019 5:26 PM

Niche.

I'll cut a bitch if she says, "NITCH"

by Anonymousreply 1February 20, 2019 3:31 PM

Jussie.

by Anonymousreply 2February 20, 2019 3:37 PM

Genre pronounced as jenre (as in jewel), and quota as quote. Not on my watch, bitch!

by Anonymousreply 3February 20, 2019 3:38 PM

Risotto - and this is something Americans are fucking infamous for - it's pronounced reez-oh-toe. Not rees-owe-toe. In Italian, a good rule to remember is that if there's a double-t, you fucking well better pronounce that double-t as a hard t. Risotto. Proscuitto. Spaghetti.

And, just because I'm your resident bitchy Scottish-Italian person...

Sauchiehall. Pronounced "saw-key-hall" if you can't wrap your tongue round the "ch" sound us Scots are slightly infamous for. Ditto Loch. Not Lock - loch. And do *not* get me started on people mangling whisky names. If you can't say it, you don't fucking get to drink it.

by Anonymousreply 4February 20, 2019 3:42 PM

People who pronounce mozzarella as "moats-oh-rell" drive me completely bonkers. They tend to be of Italian descent, even though they've never left the US.

by Anonymousreply 5February 20, 2019 3:49 PM

Just my name.

by Anonymousreply 6February 20, 2019 3:56 PM

This thread is literal violence!

by Anonymousreply 7February 20, 2019 4:07 PM

People who say “nukular” instead of “nuclear” make me want to stab myself with a pencil.

by Anonymousreply 8February 20, 2019 4:09 PM

Forte. I sneer at those uneducated people who say "for-tay." Sneer!

by Anonymousreply 9February 20, 2019 4:13 PM

Lieberry

Bry Cheese

by Anonymousreply 10February 20, 2019 4:13 PM

Ralph lauren?

by Anonymousreply 11February 20, 2019 4:14 PM

Conch - when people pronounce with the “ch” on the end instead of the correct “conk”.

by Anonymousreply 12February 20, 2019 4:19 PM

Li-berry and bat-tree are Brooklynese. I’m not so sure they are “wrong” as much as a regional variation.

I guess it isn’t wrong to pronounce voila as “walla”, but it makes me giggle anyway. I’m sure the French cringe.

by Anonymousreply 13February 20, 2019 4:38 PM

Neanderthal

by Anonymousreply 14February 20, 2019 4:52 PM

Brefix

by Anonymousreply 15February 20, 2019 4:54 PM

It's ELEC-toral, not elec-TORAL. Same as PAS-toral, not pas-TORAL.

by Anonymousreply 16February 20, 2019 4:55 PM

"Nitch" is the standard pronunciation of niche in American English.

by Anonymousreply 17February 20, 2019 4:55 PM

Her Ass is the part you touch, the act is HARRAS-ment.

by Anonymousreply 18February 20, 2019 4:58 PM

How does Bruchetta Cunt pronounce "insurance": in-SURE-ance or IN-sure-ance?

by Anonymousreply 19February 20, 2019 5:09 PM

R4 show is your coch.

by Anonymousreply 20February 20, 2019 5:10 PM

OP, one of reasons Bruschetta is mispronounced is a TV commercial. Would it kill them to say Bru-sketta? JC Penney tells viewers to use their Kew-Pons. Mentioned this Io a friend at an ad agency, who suspects their working class shoppers pronounce it that way.

by Anonymousreply 21February 20, 2019 5:16 PM

So, how does one pronounce Saoirse? Or Cenk Uygur?

by Anonymousreply 22February 20, 2019 5:18 PM

R5, your pronunciation is from Southern Italy, where the majority of immigrants who arrived in the US came from in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They also say pruh-zhoot, gan-nol, and pasta fah-zool. In correct Italian, Pasta Fagioli is fah-JO-lay. Today Metro New York Italian-Americans think La Paglia is PAG-lee-uh. Pahl-ya is correct.

by Anonymousreply 23February 20, 2019 5:32 PM

Mispronouncing nuclear sounds dumb. Can't believe we had a US president who mispronounced it (Bush the 2nd).

Realtor is mispronounced as Real-a-tor.

by Anonymousreply 24February 20, 2019 5:38 PM

Not a pronunciation issue, but it drives me nuts when people refer to their tax refund as their tax return. US Cellular's current commercial does it as well.

by Anonymousreply 25February 20, 2019 5:41 PM

Versace. It’s Ver-SAYCE.

by Anonymousreply 26February 20, 2019 5:41 PM

Good lord. I've been pronouncing everything wrong. I'll go throw myself off a cliff.

by Anonymousreply 27February 20, 2019 5:45 PM

That's a lot of attitude from you, R4, especially considering your still are indicating a correct pronunciation of 'risotto.' The 'o' before 'tt' is not pronounced with a long "o" as you indicate with your "oh."

It's a short "o" as in hot and got and pot and, yes, Pavarotti.

by Anonymousreply 28February 20, 2019 5:53 PM

While I'm reading DL 'am listening to WNYC, New York Public Radio. Just heard a woman mispronounce two words. She said per-SAH-na The word is per-SO-na. Later said Ideology as idee-ology. The word relates to ideas. it' s EYE-dee-ology.

by Anonymousreply 29February 20, 2019 5:54 PM

[quote]I Am the Bruschetta Cunt

Yeast infection acting up again?

by Anonymousreply 30February 20, 2019 5:59 PM

A man was murdered during a college hazing in Pennsylvania. Last name Piazza, like the baseball player. Several anchors called him Pee-A-zuh. Quick lesson in Italian. A "t" sound precedes the letter Z. Think of pizza. Thank you, or as they say in Italian, Grazie (Graht-zee-yay)

by Anonymousreply 31February 20, 2019 6:01 PM

News pronounced as "nooz"

Candidate as "candid-eight"

by Anonymousreply 32February 20, 2019 10:01 PM

[quote]fah-JO-lay

No, amico mio. Fagioli is fah-geeO-lee with the g-i-o blurred together like Acqua di Gio. The i vowel is always an 'e'. The singular is fagiolo (masc) and so the plural cannot have an 'ay' sound as that would be feminine.

by Anonymousreply 33February 20, 2019 10:10 PM

Um, forte is pronounced "for-tay".

by Anonymousreply 34February 20, 2019 10:29 PM

This thread will end in tears.

by Anonymousreply 35February 20, 2019 10:32 PM

Very good, R34? You're learning that words ending in e are pronounced ay like forte and words ending in i are pronounced ee like fagioli. Also, some singular words also end in e and i but the pronunciation remains the same.

by Anonymousreply 36February 20, 2019 10:35 PM

Pretentious businesses like Scarbucks and Pantera that market "paninis". It's a mothfukn "panino". (sandwich in Italian is "panino", sandwiches is "panini"). Grr.

by Anonymousreply 37February 20, 2019 10:37 PM

My point is, mon cunt, that r9 is an idiot, and that if he's sniggering at people saying "for-tay" then he's a pretentious boob. You're r9, aren't you?

by Anonymousreply 38February 20, 2019 10:38 PM

Bruschetta cunt sounds like a gynecological condition suffered by Peggy Noonan.

by Anonymousreply 39February 20, 2019 10:39 PM

Forte = fort, unless it is being used as the musical term, then it = for-tay

by Anonymousreply 40February 20, 2019 10:41 PM

buoy

by Anonymousreply 41February 20, 2019 10:42 PM

Oh, didn't see up thread. That's easy. British English and Italian are FOR-tay, American is fort, and French is for(t) (if feminine)

by Anonymousreply 42February 20, 2019 10:43 PM

Wimbledon = Wimbledun not Wimbletin

by Anonymousreply 43February 20, 2019 10:43 PM

Mischeevious

by Anonymousreply 44February 20, 2019 10:45 PM

Incorrect r40, Google it.

by Anonymousreply 45February 20, 2019 10:45 PM

Melbourne

by Anonymousreply 46February 20, 2019 10:45 PM

[quote]Proscuitto.

Honey, if you can't spell it, you should work on that before correcting others' pronunciation.

by Anonymousreply 47February 20, 2019 10:59 PM

Paella, the British pronunciation

by Anonymousreply 48February 20, 2019 11:01 PM

I cringe when people mispronounce gyro as gearo.

by Anonymousreply 49February 20, 2019 11:04 PM

Era

by Anonymousreply 50February 20, 2019 11:12 PM

I explode with queefing when people pronounce vagina as "gina".

by Anonymousreply 51February 20, 2019 11:17 PM

Pho.

by Anonymousreply 52February 20, 2019 11:19 PM

Exquisite--not a word you hear a lot anyway, but it's EX-quisite no ex-QUI-site. Also, vinaigrette. It's not vinegar-ette (4 syllables); it's 3 syllables.

by Anonymousreply 53February 20, 2019 11:25 PM

[53] so of course I had a typo. ^*not*^

by Anonymousreply 54February 20, 2019 11:27 PM

How do you pronounce pubic? My high school bio teacher referred to it as poo-bic. That’s just wrong.

by Anonymousreply 55February 20, 2019 11:30 PM

haute couture

by Anonymousreply 56February 20, 2019 11:36 PM

Orangutan

by Anonymousreply 57February 20, 2019 11:39 PM

garage

by Anonymousreply 58February 20, 2019 11:40 PM

Jina (China)

by Anonymousreply 59February 20, 2019 11:53 PM

[quote]I guess it isn’t wrong to pronounce voila as “walla”, but it makes me giggle anyway.

Yes it IS wrong to pronounce it "walla!" There is no silent V. Stop it!

by Anonymousreply 60February 21, 2019 12:12 AM

assume with an h, asshum, is everywhere

by Anonymousreply 61February 21, 2019 12:15 AM

Blanchett (“blanch it.”)

by Anonymousreply 62February 21, 2019 12:17 AM

is it brushetta or brusketta though?

by Anonymousreply 63February 21, 2019 12:19 AM

Italian in English is pronounced the English way. We speak English, not Italian.

by Anonymousreply 64February 21, 2019 12:32 AM

R40 is correct. R63,, the latter is correct.

by Anonymousreply 65February 21, 2019 6:31 AM

Amherst

by Anonymousreply 66February 21, 2019 7:41 AM

[quote]Forte = fort, unless it is being used as the musical term, then it = for-tay

The first one is “strength,” a noun, in French and the second one is “strong,” an adjective, in Italian. The worst pretentiousness is adding the accent on the last mispronounced syllable when using the French term: for-TAY. That’s the one word that doesn’t exist at all, because the Italian musical term is FOR-tay

by Anonymousreply 67February 21, 2019 7:59 AM

Broad-WAY

Veau DeVille

by Anonymousreply 68February 21, 2019 8:01 AM

deen-zhel-bay-RAY

by Anonymousreply 69February 21, 2019 8:30 AM

Sushi bar douches are really annoying. Those loudmouthed commodities trader types that totally botch pronunciations while barking their orders and assuming the other diners and chefs are impressed that they're ordering in "Japanese." "Gimme 4 pieces of Muh-GURROW nuh-JEERY." Just fucking call it tuna sushi and we won't laugh at you.

by Anonymousreply 70February 21, 2019 9:10 AM

MassachuZetts instead of Massachusetts.

I live here and it seems that even some local newsmen say it as "....zetts."

by Anonymousreply 71February 21, 2019 9:43 AM

Massoor instead of masseur

by Anonymousreply 72February 21, 2019 10:15 AM

Our beauty queens used to be addressed as Miss Porto Rico until the mid 70’s. Then they were Miss Puerto Rico which has a nice melodic diphthong to it. Now, thanks to Steve Harvey and Julia Morley we’re back to Porto Rico and PorTo Rico, respectively.

by Anonymousreply 73February 21, 2019 10:18 AM

EXpresso. Just stop it. There's no X.

by Anonymousreply 74February 21, 2019 10:24 AM

R19, Down South: IN-surance. Everywhere else, in-SUR-ance.

by Anonymousreply 75February 21, 2019 10:39 AM

Wisconsin natives say wis-GON-sin, instead of CON-sin.

by Anonymousreply 76February 21, 2019 10:44 AM

R26, it's Vair-SAH-chay. First name, Johnny, not Gee-AH-nee.

by Anonymousreply 77February 21, 2019 10:47 AM

I actually did with "bruschetta."

But I refuse to say "bayzil" for "basil." I pronounce it as Gordon Ramsay does: "baazil," as in "Rathbone."

by Anonymousreply 78February 21, 2019 10:58 AM

For r28:

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by Anonymousreply 79February 21, 2019 11:09 AM

It’a funny that people want Americans to say “brew-SKET-ta” instead of “BREW-shedda,” and yet people seem to universally resent the way Giada De Laurentiis pronounces all Italian food names the correct Italian way, despite the fact that she was born and partially raised in Rome. Because...how pretentious to pronounce words the way your family always pronounced those words!

by Anonymousreply 80February 21, 2019 11:16 AM

R34, it's for-tay ONLY when describing music, Pianoforte.

by Anonymousreply 81February 21, 2019 11:41 AM

Oh my, R77.

by Anonymousreply 82February 21, 2019 11:50 AM

r81 Just wants people to be mistaken for a moron when they say this or that isn't their FORT.

by Anonymousreply 83February 21, 2019 11:54 AM

R1 you're an idiot beyond comprehension.

The American Heritage Dictionary (4th Edition) lists two pronunciations: "nitch" and "neesh."

by Anonymousreply 84February 21, 2019 12:19 PM

[quote], it's for-tay ONLY when describing music, Pianoforte.

And FOR-tay for that matter. Never for-TAY, the way many mispronounce forte when it means strength in French.

by Anonymousreply 85February 21, 2019 12:24 PM

R85 cutta bitch

by Anonymousreply 86February 21, 2019 12:26 PM

Yup, R79. YouTube gets it right every time.

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by Anonymousreply 87February 21, 2019 12:38 PM

Pronouncing the hard "T" in often. Trash!

by Anonymousreply 88February 21, 2019 12:45 PM

Daikon is not die-con, it's die-cone.

by Anonymousreply 89February 21, 2019 1:15 PM

When people use the plural "phenomena" when they should use singular "phenomenon". And in the singular, the pronunciation end with "on" not "ah"

by Anonymousreply 90February 21, 2019 2:12 PM

[quote]EXpresso. Just stop it. There's no X.

There's not even an "x" (or a "j", "w," or "k") in the Italian alphabet.

by Anonymousreply 91February 21, 2019 5:37 PM

In Italian, the "i" after a "g" or a "c" is only there to change the pronunciation of the consonant to a "j" or a "ch," respectively. You NEVER pronounce the "i," or is it ever its own syllable.

So, as mentioned above: Gianni = JAHN-nee.

And others: Giada=JAH-dah.

Giovanni= joh-VOHN-nee

Giuseppe=jew-SEP-peh

braggadocio= brah-gah-DOE-cho

cioppino=cho-PEE-noh

by Anonymousreply 92February 21, 2019 5:42 PM

Worcestershire sauce.

by Anonymousreply 93February 21, 2019 6:13 PM

^ I hate that one!

by Anonymousreply 94February 21, 2019 6:15 PM

You're all Lesbians.

by Anonymousreply 95February 21, 2019 7:00 PM

Al dente for al "dante."

Macaron for macaroon (two different types of cookies, see below).

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by Anonymousreply 96February 21, 2019 7:28 PM

R84, the first pronunciation in a dictionary means "preferred" or "most often." And that "often' has a silent 't.'

by Anonymousreply 97February 21, 2019 10:14 PM

R92, Thanks, never knew the rule. I had trouble with "gl" as in Miraglia. When Joy Behar (nee Occhiuto) asked comedian Mike Berbiglia why he doesn't pronounce his name correctly, he said "My parents are Olive Garden Italians."

by Anonymousreply 98February 21, 2019 10:20 PM

Whoever cited exquisite with the stress on the first syllable, marry me. No one ever gets it right. I read once that Gore Vidal (a grammar/ pronunciation Bitch if there ever was one) said that when one messed up the correct stress on exquisite, it was a similar class signifier as "cream before tea". He was such a bitch. I mean that in a good way

by Anonymousreply 99February 21, 2019 11:06 PM

Gore Vidal should have known that you don't put cream in tea---only milk.

by Anonymousreply 100February 21, 2019 11:18 PM

I put half 'n' half before coffee.

by Anonymousreply 101February 22, 2019 2:42 AM

"Scrotum" refers to one single solitary scrotum.

If you are dealing with more than one scrotum, the proper term is "scrota."

by Anonymousreply 102February 22, 2019 2:49 AM

I have a 30 year old friend from Prague and he uses the British pronunciation, which is so sexy with his Slavic accent, but I am really impressed with his mastery of English. We have silent T, H, P, you name it. Completely randomly. You simply have to memorize the spelling of 50,000 words or so, because there aren’t widely used reliable rules. It’s something it took me 40 years to do, and I still make mistakes all the time. He’d never mix up to/two/too or you’re/your or there/their/they’re, etc.

He also knows German and French. I’m in love, of course. We walked into a Gay restaurant in my city. He’s so pretty, that, at first, the patrons facing him stopped to stare. Then their dinner companions all turned around. Then the waiters and the bartenders. The entire place ground to a halt. He was oblivious. I imagine it happens to him everywhere. He’s successful, too. No whoring for him.

by Anonymousreply 103February 22, 2019 3:10 AM

Clique rhymes with pique and mystique. Not pick or mystic.

by Anonymousreply 104February 22, 2019 3:17 AM

R32, "All Nyooz All the Time. This is 1010 WINS. You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world." For the next 22 minutes we hear supposed professional radio talent in the #1 market say "nooz." Sadly, much of current radio has lost its standards.

by Anonymousreply 105February 22, 2019 5:26 PM
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