Why do some people put a T in "Chorizo"?
Discussion
Bill said:
Someone on telly got it wrong and ballsed it up for everyone... http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmout...
It annoys me when broadcasters can't be bothered to get something absolutely right as they've a duty, as someone with dyslexia I struggle with a lot of this stuff but I do at least try; it seems today despite being in the age of easily accessible information there's less emphasis than ever on accuracy.People I'm not as bothered though, knew a paddy girl who absolutely insisted on pronouncing liecester lie-sess-ter
Darkslider said:
marshalla said:
Pizza.
This, without question I'd say.Anyway, I'd agree it's probably because of "pizza" and possibly awareness of all the zeds pronounced "ts" when speaking Foreign ... i.e. German.
I say Choritzo, as in Chore - itz - zoh, in my best Peter Kay sound a like voice...
Nowt you can do about it is there? I can say what I want. If you're from East Lancashire and say it in a Spanish accent you're even more of a t
t than I am ((unless you are a native Spanish speaker and just over for the Bury (that's Burry not Berry) black pudding festival))
Nowt you can do about it is there? I can say what I want. If you're from East Lancashire and say it in a Spanish accent you're even more of a t
t than I am ((unless you are a native Spanish speaker and just over for the Bury (that's Burry not Berry) black pudding festival))hairyben said:
It annoys me when broadcasters can't be bothered to get something absolutely right as they've a duty, as someone with dyslexia I struggle with a lot of this stuff but I do at least try; it seems today despite being in the age of easily accessible information there's less emphasis than ever on accuracy.
People I'm not as bothered though, knew a paddy girl who absolutely insisted on pronouncing liecester lie-sess-ter
Don't get me started on broadcasters dropping their "t"s...People I'm not as bothered though, knew a paddy girl who absolutely insisted on pronouncing liecester lie-sess-ter
I think it's a combination of laziness to learn the correct pronunciation of foreign words and fear of looking like a tt if you do pronounce them correctly.
This may be worse amongst men, but I don't know anybody who pronounces foreign words correctly other than native speakers of that language. My Grandad was French so my mums side of the family all pronounce French words correctly and to anyone who doesn't know their background probably think they look like tts!
t if you do pronounce them correctly.This may be worse amongst men, but I don't know anybody who pronounces foreign words correctly other than native speakers of that language. My Grandad was French so my mums side of the family all pronounce French words correctly and to anyone who doesn't know their background probably think they look like t
ts!drivin_me_nuts said:
Car names are joy..
Mer-say-dez
Or is is Mer-s-dees
In the euro bits I go to, I tend to hear the latter.
Ow-dee
Au-dee
B-em-veeh sounds so much better than 'it's a farkin RS M3 beemer maa' ain't it. U no, thems the dogs...'
Anyone who says Ordee instead of Owdee is a complete pickle, imo. It's an acronym anyway so contains no reason to pronounce it phonetically in either German, English or Japanese dialects.Mer-say-dez
Or is is Mer-s-dees
In the euro bits I go to, I tend to hear the latter.
Ow-dee
Au-dee
B-em-veeh sounds so much better than 'it's a farkin RS M3 beemer maa' ain't it. U no, thems the dogs...'
Anyone ever heard a Japanese person say Mitsubishi? Try that down your local garage, see how erudite and worldly wise they think you are...
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