You Say Tomato...

It's time again for a mini language lesson in Italian. Today we'll be learning how to pronounce Italian-American words in Italian. For starters, the beloved pistacchio is in reality pronouced more like Pinocchio, as in "pee-stah-key-oh." The same thing goes for gnocchi: "nyo-key." In Italian, you simply won't find the letter 'k' - instead 'ch' is used in its place. One last important example is bruschetta, pronounced: "broo-skeh-tah." By the way, in case you were wondering, tomato is pronouced pomodoro.

This entry was posted by brady on Tuesday, March 14. 2006 at 03:23. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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  1. Lenara says:
    #1 2006-03-14 04:46 (Reply)

    Yummy bruschetti! Did you make them yourself?


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