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Pronunciations

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Freya5 Sat 30-Dec-23 12:42:56

How about expresso, rather than espresso. Quickly pressed out , or pressed out, 😂.

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Bellanonna Sat 30-Dec-23 12:42:16

Hi Crazy. It’s pro as you’d say it in proper and then shooto.And it’s delicious, too.

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crazyH Sat 30-Dec-23 12:36:20

Helterskelter - I’m interested - how do you pronounce ‘prosciutto’ ? I’m serious. I’d like to know.

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Charleygirl5 Sat 30-Dec-23 12:27:41

I correct somebody I know who talks about Covoid. It drives me nuts. Apparently I am the only person she knows who does.

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Aveline Sat 30-Dec-23 10:35:24

I was at a small gathering recently and a lady completely mispronounced the name of a local area. I was amused to note that two others, while clearly noticing the mispronunciation, continued to pronounce it in the wrong way. I thought it was kind of them not to embarrass her in public.

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HelterSkelter1 Sat 30-Dec-23 10:34:37

PS another work colleague kept calling the place and the bank Santander Santa Narder. And didn't like my saying it correctly at all!!

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HelterSkelter1 Sat 30-Dec-23 10:32:38

What to do when a friend has pronounced a word wrongly for a long time? Ignore it? Use it in conversation?

I feel bad for not "correcting" her a long time ago. As a friend corrected my pronunciation of another word and I was grateful. Saved me looking silly.
A friend of my DD pronounced prosciutto as prossquitto. Which of course we use here all the time now...friend is in the distant past so we are not offending her.

Not that we buy Italian ham often!! So don't need the correct way.

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