Ciabatta - how do you (properly) say that.
Or zabaglione - or indeed chorizo (should it have a 'th' sound in it).
Or pasta - past as in past times or as as in ass?
Or pizza - with a t sound or not?
Pasty (as for pasta)?
Tom'ah'to, tom'a'to, pot'ah'to, pot'a'to.......
.....And who the flip says pot'ah'to anyway?
How do you say that!
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How do you say that!
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....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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My local bakery calls their chocolate croissants pain au chocolat, and even though I know what it means, my brain's autotranslate circuit always wants me to ask for a Pain of Chocolate. Pretty sure that's a metal band, and if not, it should be.
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Re: How do you say that!
I'd say I pronounce Pasta with more of an Ost, as in Ostrich. The examples you gave make me sound like I'm trying to fake an East Coast accent.peter wrote:Ciabatta - how do you (properly) say that.
Or zabaglione - or indeed chorizo (should it have a 'th' sound in it).
Or pasta - past as in past times or as as in ass?
Or pizza - with a t sound or not?
Pasty (as for pasta)?
Tom'ah'to, tom'a'to, pot'ah'to, pot'a'to.......
.....And who the flip says pot'ah'to anyway?
Pizza - with a T sound.
I don't think I've ever had a reason to say Zabaglione, but I'd probably say it phonetically. Zah-bag-leo-ny! It sounds like something a magician would say when pulling a rabbit out of a hat, so I'd probably say it with appropriate flair. (Google says it's more like Zobble-yoney, which isn't as much fun.)
Pasty is a fun word, especially since it has at least four different meanings that don't seem to be connected. I figured that one was likely a diminutive of Pastry, but I can't find any evidence to support that, and Pas-tee seems to be the correct way to pronounce it, though I probably would have said Paste-y if I hadn't looked it up.
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