Name something of which you correct other's pronunciation!
I Am the Bruschetta Cunt
by Anonymous | reply 105 | February 22, 2019 5:26 PM |
Niche.
I'll cut a bitch if she says, "NITCH"
by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 20, 2019 3:31 PM |
Jussie.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 20, 2019 3:37 PM |
Genre pronounced as jenre (as in jewel), and quota as quote. Not on my watch, bitch!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 4 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 5 | February 20, 2019 3:49 PM |
Just my name.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 20, 2019 3:56 PM |
This thread is literal violence!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 20, 2019 4:07 PM |
People who say “nukular” instead of “nuclear” make me want to stab myself with a pencil.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 20, 2019 4:09 PM |
Forte. I sneer at those uneducated people who say "for-tay." Sneer!
by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 20, 2019 4:13 PM |
Lieberry
Bry Cheese
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 20, 2019 4:13 PM |
Ralph lauren?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 20, 2019 4:14 PM |
Conch - when people pronounce with the “ch” on the end instead of the correct “conk”.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 13 | February 20, 2019 4:38 PM |
Neanderthal
by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 20, 2019 4:52 PM |
Brefix
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 20, 2019 4:54 PM |
It's ELEC-toral, not elec-TORAL. Same as PAS-toral, not pas-TORAL.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 20, 2019 4:55 PM |
"Nitch" is the standard pronunciation of niche in American English.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 20, 2019 4:55 PM |
Her Ass is the part you touch, the act is HARRAS-ment.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 20, 2019 4:58 PM |
How does Bruchetta Cunt pronounce "insurance": in-SURE-ance or IN-sure-ance?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 20, 2019 5:09 PM |
R4 show is your coch.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 21 | February 20, 2019 5:16 PM |
So, how does one pronounce Saoirse? Or Cenk Uygur?
by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 23 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 24 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 25 | February 20, 2019 5:41 PM |
Versace. It’s Ver-SAYCE.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 20, 2019 5:41 PM |
Good lord. I've been pronouncing everything wrong. I'll go throw myself off a cliff.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 28 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 29 | February 20, 2019 5:54 PM |
[quote]I Am the Bruschetta Cunt
Yeast infection acting up again?
by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 31 | February 20, 2019 6:01 PM |
News pronounced as "nooz"
Candidate as "candid-eight"
by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 33 | February 20, 2019 10:10 PM |
Um, forte is pronounced "for-tay".
by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 20, 2019 10:29 PM |
This thread will end in tears.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 36 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 37 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 38 | February 20, 2019 10:38 PM |
Bruschetta cunt sounds like a gynecological condition suffered by Peggy Noonan.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 20, 2019 10:39 PM |
Forte = fort, unless it is being used as the musical term, then it = for-tay
by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 20, 2019 10:41 PM |
buoy
by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 42 | February 20, 2019 10:43 PM |
Wimbledon = Wimbledun not Wimbletin
by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 20, 2019 10:43 PM |
Mischeevious
by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 20, 2019 10:45 PM |
Incorrect r40, Google it.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 20, 2019 10:45 PM |
Melbourne
by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 20, 2019 10:45 PM |
[quote]Proscuitto.
Honey, if you can't spell it, you should work on that before correcting others' pronunciation.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | February 20, 2019 10:59 PM |
Paella, the British pronunciation
by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 20, 2019 11:01 PM |
I cringe when people mispronounce gyro as gearo.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 20, 2019 11:04 PM |
Era
by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 20, 2019 11:12 PM |
I explode with queefing when people pronounce vagina as "gina".
by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 20, 2019 11:17 PM |
Pho.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 53 | February 20, 2019 11:25 PM |
[53] so of course I had a typo. ^*not*^
by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 55 | February 20, 2019 11:30 PM |
haute couture
by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 20, 2019 11:36 PM |
Orangutan
by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 20, 2019 11:39 PM |
garage
by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 20, 2019 11:40 PM |
Jina (China)
by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 60 | February 21, 2019 12:12 AM |
assume with an h, asshum, is everywhere
by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 21, 2019 12:15 AM |
Blanchett (“blanch it.”)
by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 21, 2019 12:17 AM |
is it brushetta or brusketta though?
by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 21, 2019 12:19 AM |
Italian in English is pronounced the English way. We speak English, not Italian.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 21, 2019 12:32 AM |
R40 is correct. R63,, the latter is correct.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 21, 2019 6:31 AM |
Amherst
by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 67 | February 21, 2019 7:59 AM |
Broad-WAY
Veau DeVille
by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 21, 2019 8:01 AM |
deen-zhel-bay-RAY
by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 70 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 71 | February 21, 2019 9:43 AM |
Massoor instead of masseur
by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 73 | February 21, 2019 10:18 AM |
EXpresso. Just stop it. There's no X.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 21, 2019 10:24 AM |
R19, Down South: IN-surance. Everywhere else, in-SUR-ance.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 21, 2019 10:39 AM |
Wisconsin natives say wis-GON-sin, instead of CON-sin.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 21, 2019 10:44 AM |
R26, it's Vair-SAH-chay. First name, Johnny, not Gee-AH-nee.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 78 | February 21, 2019 10:58 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 Anonymous | reply 80 | February 21, 2019 11:16 AM |
R34, it's for-tay ONLY when describing music, Pianoforte.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 21, 2019 11:41 AM |
Oh my, R77.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 83 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 84 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 85 | February 21, 2019 12:24 PM |
R85 cutta bitch
by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 21, 2019 12:26 PM |
Yup, R79. YouTube gets it right every time.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 21, 2019 12:38 PM |
Pronouncing the hard "T" in often. Trash!
by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 21, 2019 12:45 PM |
Daikon is not die-con, it's die-cone.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 90 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 91 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 92 | February 21, 2019 5:42 PM |
Worcestershire sauce.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 21, 2019 6:13 PM |
^ I hate that one!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 21, 2019 6:15 PM |
You're all Lesbians.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 21, 2019 7:00 PM |
Al dente for al "dante."
Macaron for macaroon (two different types of cookies, see below).
by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 97 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 98 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 99 | February 21, 2019 11:06 PM |
Gore Vidal should have known that you don't put cream in tea---only milk.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | February 21, 2019 11:18 PM |
I put half 'n' half before coffee.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 102 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 103 | February 22, 2019 3:10 AM |
Clique rhymes with pique and mystique. Not pick or mystic.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 105 | February 22, 2019 5:26 PM |