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American pronounciation
Why do Americans insist on saying "ERBS" instead of "HERBS" ??
"RIS-OH-TOE" instead of "RISOTTO" ?? Does this annoys anyone else ? What gets on other peoples tits ? |
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Was saying just that to OH last night when Hell's Kitchen was on.
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Was saying just that to OH last night when Hell's Kitchen was on.
I'm watching it right now ! (Sky + )That's what made me post it ! Did you guess ?
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How do you pronounce tortilla and paella? The same, or differently? In this country I almost never hear the latter pronounced correctly. C'est la vie.
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Americans can't even pronounce "patronising" correctly
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Americans can't even pronounce "patronising" correctly
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Is the OP serious? There has to be another thread about this? Do people really have to hear how there are countries that don't pronounce/spell the same way as England/ The UK? :yawn:
To answer the original question, yes this annoys me and gets "Under my tits". |
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there is nothing wrong with the way aim-err-eye-can people pronounce thing
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Maybe they're trying to approximate the pronunciaton of those words according to how they sound in their original languages; French and Italian?
We all know people who do that. Some are better at it than others, of course. |
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It's likely they are saying it how we used to say it back in Tudor times.
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Why do Americans insist on saying "ERBS" instead of "HERBS" ??
"RIS-OH-TOE" instead of "RISOTTO" ?? Does this annoys anyone else ? What gets on other peoples tits ? ![]() aubergine? oh those are just eggplants ![]() pronunciation of herbs is not standardized in the us. |
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why do brits frenchify simple things like zucchini into courgettes and such?
![]() aubergine? oh those are just eggplants ![]() pronunciation of herbs is not standardized in the us.
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Filet is the real mystery to me.
![]() dont forget we are french neighbours, so why wouldn't you pickup names from there? especially cuisine wise, given how *great* they are at it. just looked fillet up, and was anglicised over a century ago. |
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fillet?
dont forget we are french neighbours, so why wouldn't you pickup names from there? especially cuisine wise, given how *great* they are at it. just looked fillet up, and was anglicised over a century ago.
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Re: American pronounciation
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Why do Americans insist on saying "ERBS" instead of "HERBS" ??
"RIS-OH-TOE" instead of "RISOTTO" ?? Does this annoys anyone else ? What gets on other peoples tits ? |
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Why do Americans insist on saying "ERBS" instead of "HERBS" ??
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they also say
oreeeeg -ahno we say or -rig -ah -no Oregano
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Peeves of mine...
arugula (rocket) scalions (spring onion) celantro (corriander) |
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Peeves of mine...
arugula (rocket) scalions (spring onion) celantro (corriander) Arugala is a variation on the Italian name, like when we say zucchini instead of courgette. Cilantro is Spanish and we refer to the seeds of the plant as coriander. What's wrong with scallions? What's wrong with saying some things differently? Why do they peeve you? |
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Peeves of mine...
arugula (rocket) scalions (spring onion) celantro (corriander)
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How do you say Chorizo?
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I say "CHO-REET-ZOH"
Not that i'm picky about anything in this thread. |
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Peeves of mine...
arugula (rocket) scalions (spring onion) celantro (corriander) If you know what they mean - and you obviously do - why are you peeved about what other people call them? |
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In Ireland they call them scallions. And in some parts of the Caribbean.
If you know what they mean - and you obviously do - why are you peeved about what other people call them? |
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