I swear the next time I hear some half Italian phony pronounce ricotta "ree-got" I am going to punch them right in the dick. I don't care if your name is Nunzio Lorenzo Corleone Soprano - you're still an American, you couldn't ask where the bathroom is in Italian and I am not impressed by you.
I don't even know where that comes from, the ree-got thing, is that even correct? I'm pretty sure someone made it up as an experiment to discern who was full of shit.
Can you imagine over-pronouncing the word pizza, or spaghetti, or pepperoni? Because saying "mooo-tzer-ell" is just as ridiculous.
If you come across someone who does this kind of thing just go "Oh do you speak Italian?" and watch the look of dejection on their puss, because they definitely do not. For this and probably several other reasons they are on the list.
I don't even know where that comes from, the ree-got thing, is that even correct? I'm pretty sure someone made it up as an experiment to discern who was full of shit.
Can you imagine over-pronouncing the word pizza, or spaghetti, or pepperoni? Because saying "mooo-tzer-ell" is just as ridiculous.
If you come across someone who does this kind of thing just go "Oh do you speak Italian?" and watch the look of dejection on their puss, because they definitely do not. For this and probably several other reasons they are on the list.
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I agree, but this is a complex subject. Deliberately mispronouncing foreign words for which common Americanized pronunciations haven't been established yet is also on the list.
Friday was the second highest day of traffic in the history of the List, by the way. Nice job, assholes.
We've had 1,200 unique visitors and almost 5,000 page views in one week. Good start.
Tracking your stats is on the list.
Right Luke, I also hate when people can't be bothered to say brioche because it sounds gay and they just say "give me one of those things".
grey zone here.
a lot of people are afraid to pronounce pomme frittes.
"pam frits?" nope try again.
"pom freets" there you go.
not "poom free"
fine line between being Joe the Plumber and the kid who just came back from junior year abroad in Marseille.
I'm not afraid to eat them, that's for sure.
i think 1,000 of those page views are mine.
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