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How do you pronounce 'broccoli'?

87 replies

SatinHeart · 11/05/2022 13:17

I (and pretty much everyone I've met) say 'broccol-ee'

PILs say 'broccol-eye'. I think my grandaprents used to as well.

Who is actually right? Is it an age thing?

OP posts:
ClockTooFast · 11/05/2022 13:19

I only ever heard John Cleese say 'broccoleye' in aMonty Python sketch about funerals...!

Plump82 · 11/05/2022 13:19

I say broccol-ee.
Annoyingly my husband says brock-ly and it infuriates me 😀

Boood · 11/05/2022 13:22

Your husband is wrong. Such a useful sentence in so many contexts.

XenoBitch · 11/05/2022 13:22

brock-oh-lee

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 11/05/2022 13:22

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Aoli

vs.

Alveoli
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Carpometacarpi Grin

But broccoli is in the first group, surely

Weepingwillows12 · 11/05/2022 13:23

Is there a regional dialect coming in to play here at all? I say broccol ee but when I say broccol eye it sounds sort of Midlands ish to me.

chickyellowcute · 11/05/2022 13:23

Brocco-lye seems to be a brum adjacent thing, I used to live in an area close to it where people said that

I'm southern and say brocco-lee

Pieceofpurplesky · 11/05/2022 13:24

My midlands friend says brocoleye

grapehyacinthisactuallyblue · 11/05/2022 13:24
Frazzled2207 · 11/05/2022 13:25

-Lee (nw)

Doyoumind · 11/05/2022 13:26

Dictionary says it ends eith an 'ee' sound. And it does anyway! Never come across another pronunciation.

Doyoumind · 11/05/2022 13:26

*with

BugsyDrakeTableScape · 11/05/2022 13:27

Must be West Midlands only if so - definitely broccol-ee in the East Mids

SoggyPaper · 11/05/2022 13:29

grapehyacinthisactuallyblue · 11/05/2022 13:24

Broke-lee for Australian English then. I’ve never heard that pronunciation before. But also can’t think when I’ve spoken to an Australian about broccoli.

mummyh2016 · 11/05/2022 13:29

I'm West Midlands and it's definitely with an 'ee', 'eye' is not a thing.

nearlyspringyay · 11/05/2022 13:30

-ee

eyesandearsandamouth · 11/05/2022 13:31

In south London English Brockley ( Like the place )

broccolibush · 11/05/2022 13:32

I say broccol-ee and like @Plump82 have a husband who says brockly. I swear one day I will leave him over this.

BottlingBurpsForGrandma · 11/05/2022 13:38

Brocoll-ee

But my DC say brockley 😄

loopylindi · 11/05/2022 13:41

ugh!

SoggyPaper · 11/05/2022 13:47

broccolibush · 11/05/2022 13:32

I say broccol-ee and like @Plump82 have a husband who says brockly. I swear one day I will leave him over this.

It’s clearly unreasonable behaviour.

Svara · 11/05/2022 13:51

SoggyPaper · 11/05/2022 13:29

Broke-lee for Australian English then. I’ve never heard that pronunciation before. But also can’t think when I’ve spoken to an Australian about broccoli.

I say Brok-lee. Never heard it said as Broke-lee in Australia ever.

Overthewine · 11/05/2022 13:56

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supercatlady · 11/05/2022 14:06

My Aussie family call it Broco-lye
NEVER heard broke-lee and I lived there for 9 yrs

Tothepoint99 · 11/05/2022 14:30

mummyh2016 · 11/05/2022 13:29

I'm West Midlands and it's definitely with an 'ee', 'eye' is not a thing.

Agreed!

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