Now I learn that "capicola" is pronounced "gabagoul".

[swag]

Son of a gun.

[Parche]

1. And 'Smith' is pronounced....'Jones'

:rofl: :rofl:

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

2. And ricotta is pronounced 'rigot'

Different language, different rules of pronunciation. :)

[swag]

4. Thanks. There's loads of shit I don't know, looks like.

[DarkTirade]

7. There was an italian guy working at the pizza place where I used to work.

He'd use the americanized pronunciations around there so that the customers could understand him. But if he accidentally used the american versions around his family he'd get smacked upside the head.

Every now and then he'd forget. :P

[Shakespeare]

3. And faggioli is pronounced "fazul"

Those wacky Italians! :7

[Bunny]

5. Where's the gabagoul?

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/06/TONY_narrowweb__300x430,0.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp4QVYNAFcQ&feature=related

[hippywife]

6. I know that Wiki says that

but I've never, ever heard it like that and I grew up in an Italian family. I don't know if someone's hearing is off and that's what they think they heard or what. I've always heard it pronounced cop-a-call.

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Or just "coppa"

In fact, the Italian delis around here have it on the board that way. It threw me for a loop, having been trained to say the whole word by my Boston Italian friends. "Coppa-call" is close to the way they said it but the c was softer than usual, and I guess that some would hear it as a g.

[hippywife]

18. Exactly!

I think it's that someone is totally not hearing it correctly.

[Kat45]

17. That's pretty much how my family said it

My parents, first-generation Italian.

[asthmaticeog]

8. And "luxury yacht" is pronounced "throat wobbler mangrove."

Look, someone was gonna post it. :shrug:

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Indeed it is

but I grew up on Long Island, and worked in a deli. That's what it's called.

[xchrom]

10. gabagoul?!?

somehow -- capicola is never going to be the same.

[KatyaR]

11. I have a friend whose daughter was taking cheerleading lessons

from a guy whose name was pronounced "Aramis;" however, it was spelled "Hermes."

:shrug:

[Swede]

12. Waddaya mean there's no gabagoul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYN8loUboA

[GCP]

13. What the hell is 'schwe-erdell'? (Don't know how it's spelled)

Tony and the gang are always bringing in a box of these things from the bakery, but I've never been able to figure out what they are.

[Lavender Brown]

15. Sfogliadelle maybe?

They're crispy pastries filled with cream. :9

[bettyellen]

16. i love saying sfoigatelle, so I buy it for my landlord. Lou, here's some Svoy ya TELLL!

[qwertyMike]

19. Not Italian

But in the English upper classes (Aristocracy)

The surname Cholmondely is pronounced "Chumley" and Featheringstonehaugh is pronounced "Fanshaw".
Prince Charles is pronounced "Horse" and Lady Camilla is pronounced "Mare".

I will someday be pronounced "Dead".

Mike