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This can be true even for well-known words, like Bruschetta (common Italian antipasto of bread topped with tomatoes). Most everyone in the US pronounces this wi
by jamesjyu 9y ago
This can be true even for well-known words, like Bruschetta (common Italian antipasto of bread topped with tomatoes). Most everyone in the US pronounces this with a soft 'ch', but it actually should be a hard 'k'. But whenever I pronounce it this way, people always think I'm wrong.
Maybe that's the pedantic part.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoStrangely, everybody gets Pinocchio right.
- JadeNB 9y ago> Strangely, everybody gets Pinocchio right. The two 'c's followed by an 'h', which is unusual in English, is probably a factor (as opposed to the single 'c' of 'bruschetta', which looks familiar).
- amyjess 9y agoAnd I've also seen the opposite with prosciutto.
- abrowne 9y agoI got some pickled vegetables recently at a semi-fancy restaurant and was amused when they introduced the "chee-oh-gee-uh" beets. It's chioggia, so it should be "kyo-ja" or at least "key-oh-juh".