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How do you pronounce 'broccoli'?

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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?

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SharronSmith · 11/05/2022 14:38

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Opti2021 · 11/05/2022 14:40

🤣 brock leh (I'm from Manchester)

SatinHeart · 11/05/2022 14:40

Interesting! PILs and my grandparents both from SE England (as am I) so I don't think there's any regional variation going on to expain it.

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Justcallmeanatm · 11/05/2022 14:45

This is turning my stomach as I read on here a few weeks ago that broccoli and cauliflower have worms in them they you cannot see. Now I will never eat it again so cannot help with the pronunciation sorry to go off piste

jammyrose · 11/05/2022 14:48

Brocco-lee in East Anglia.

Jagley · 11/05/2022 14:48

I say brock-lee, from the SE and most people I know say it that way too.

maddy68 · 11/05/2022 14:51

I say Brock o lee

StressyMcStressFace · 11/05/2022 14:51

Do they pronounce microwave "mee-crow-wa-vay"?

maddy68 · 11/05/2022 14:53

Justcallmeanatm · 11/05/2022 14:45

This is turning my stomach as I read on here a few weeks ago that broccoli and cauliflower have worms in them they you cannot see. Now I will never eat it again so cannot help with the pronunciation sorry to go off piste

You know all food does ? Worms and bacteria you're welcome :)

Greatoutdoors · 11/05/2022 14:53

Brock-lee

Enb76 · 11/05/2022 14:56

Broc-lee in public but actually, broc-o-lie in a pretend Dudley accent at home.

VintageGibbon · 11/05/2022 14:58

Plump82 · 11/05/2022 13:19

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

Which is fine if he wants to steam a leafy suburb of South London for dinner.

AnneShirleysNewDress · 11/05/2022 15:00

Opti2021 · 11/05/2022 14:40

🤣 brock leh (I'm from Manchester)

This. I'm in Scotland.

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 11/05/2022 15:04

I used to know a posh old couple who said brocco-lye.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 11/05/2022 15:07

supercatlady · 11/05/2022 14:06

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

Not brokko then Grin

Favouritefruits · 11/05/2022 15:56

Brock-oh!-lee

VintageGibbon · 11/05/2022 15:58

I'm from Surrey. We pronounce it Romanesco. Grin

Mano2020 · 11/05/2022 16:09

Brock-Lee 😂

MrsPear · 11/05/2022 16:19

So according to that YouTube video I say it like the Welsh - I’m from Se London 🤣

StandardLampski · 11/05/2022 16:24

Boood · 11/05/2022 13:22

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

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RedRec · 11/05/2022 16:31

The purple version was 'purple sprouting broccolow' to my Norfolk grandparents.

stuntbubbles · 11/05/2022 16:31

Brocco-lee. It’s from the Italian, so the I is like piano, not Primark. And came over after the great vowel shift so we kept the “ee” sound.

SoggyPaper · 11/05/2022 16:43

supercatlady · 11/05/2022 14:06

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

Someone should tell the people who made that video. 🤣

SatinHeart · 11/05/2022 16:43

VintageGibbon · 11/05/2022 15:58

I'm from Surrey. We pronounce it Romanesco. Grin

😂

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SoggyPaper · 11/05/2022 16:46

stuntbubbles · 11/05/2022 16:31

Brocco-lee. It’s from the Italian, so the I is like piano, not Primark. And came over after the great vowel shift so we kept the “ee” sound.

I don’t think the Irish agree with the people on the island of Great Britain on the pronunciation of primark.

it’s a controversial topic. Very.