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Thanks guys! This is very helpful. Next time i go over to the Italian inlaws and the conversation invariably turns to coffee, I will sound like less of a tool.
Originally posted by 2C3D282E33695C0 link=1306013704/12#12 date=1306047820
Are you guys kidding, I havent been to sponser of this site yet that didnt know what I was talking about, coffee stuff seems to have more or less universal names and they all understand what you want.
too right mate!
Although the one that really gets to me is how people try to kind of "exclusivize" or "europeanize" the name "gaggia". It doesnt matter how many times you tell them it is simply pronounced ga-j-a (pretty much a silent i and pronounced quickly) they always kept trying to make the j sound like the french "je" in je taime and pronounce the word slowly as to draw out the arrh and the je.....ie garr-je-a
Sounds terrible to an Italian speaking person, and especially as it sounds like theyre trying to make it sound french....arrrrhhhhh!
Are you guys kidding, I havent been to sponser of this site yet that didnt know what I was talking about, coffee stuff seems to have more or less universal names and they all understand what you want.
As for the other words mentioned in this thread I would pronounce Rancilio as "run-chee-lio" and bruschetta as "broos-ket-ta" just cuz I like their original Italian pronunciations
Ive always pronounced Behmor as Bay more, as have the few other people ive spoken to about it, but it wasnt until i read the article in BeanScene a while back that i found out it was meant to be pronounced Be More.
As for food pronunciation, how does one say chorizo?
I say cha ree zo (without , my in-laws say cha rye zo and the chick at my favourite cafe says cha rith o (with a deliberate lisp).
Delicious anyway you say it. ;D
Originally posted by 5D7A6C7E66150 link=1306013704/4#4 date=1306019098
My one that seems everyone has a different way of saying is "GeneCafe".
I pronounce it "jenny cafe" but others say "jean cafe". Which is right in this instance?
Ive always said Gene but i was talking to a barista recently who called it a "Genie" Cafe.
Originally posted by 614650425A290 link=1306013704/4#4 date=1306019098
Its Gee-Otto, isnt it? Or do I have it wrong?
Its actually "jotto" with a small pause on the first "o". The "i" is silent and only serves to make the "g" soft (i.e. prevent the word from sounding like "gotto").
Originally posted by 1D3A2C3E26550 link=1306013704/4#4 date=1306019098
Another non-coffee one that is out there is Bruschetta. I say it "broosh-ketta" others say "brooshetta" or "broosh-chetta" but I figure its a silent h. Love the stuff, by the way and cant go to an Italian Restaurant without having some....yummo!!!
Originally posted by 013D203B313027323A31550 link=1306013704/5#5 date=1306024729
AFAIK bruschetta is pronounced brroo-sketta.
Brew-Shetta said with an Italian accent
I dont use a K
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