To want to poke people in the eye when they say 'FAJEETAH'

[AngelWreakinHavoc]

This is one of those daft things that really annoys me . Why can so many people not pronounce the word fajita correctly!

Over the last 2 weeks 3 people have said this and it is adult people surely if my 6 yr old can say it then the rest of the world can? or aibu?

The final straw was today in the supermarket when the woman serving said 'Ohh You are having FAJEETAHS for tea, i just wanted to scream ITS FAHEETAH!!!!!

Obviously I didnt and politely replies 'yes I am'

Debs I used to be a receptionist in A&E one of the nurses refused to pronounce Jesus as Hey sooz.

It was a common name in the area but she just said 'why should I, its written Jesus so thats what I say'
Mind you she thought people having asthma attacks and sickle cell crisis 'were doing it on purpose'

ha it's not faheeetah it's fa-ch(throaty sound)-eetah.
my hot latino ex-bf told me that in a most delicious juan-shiit-accent

My FIL says see-ah-batta as well.

I am not understanding what is wrong with keh-bab though?

It's those bloody Americans with their kabobs I can't stand.

It's Mill Foy

for Mille feuille

voly vents is another one i hear ... instead of vol au vent

My DM says restauran without the t....even if it's a british restauran, arghhh!!

They are horses' doovers in our house. Also, Rioja is Reeogia. People think we are serious. Frequently.

Not as bad as those who say 'Otel' instead of Hotel Hello

Nothing Hilly, he says KEYbab, stressing the first syllable, I say kehBAB stressing the second.

Now I've written it down I feel petty, he can say what he likes, as he's lovely.

Fat Cheetahs in our house - but only in a jokey way. We have a friend who irritates the pants off me by his poncey prounciation of chorizo and manchego with the Spanish "th"...grrr

Did we get clarification of prosciutto?

proshooto

pro (short o as in tot) sh oo to (short again).

Agree... but there is such a thing as taking it too far I think. Most foreign words get anglicised (spelling??) turned into English anyway.

Apologise if anyone mentioned it already, but would anyone actually order two cappucini ?

Oh thank God :o

I might. However, I wouldn't mind someone ordering two cappuccinos. It's the singular/plural confusion with panino/i I don't like.

I have been mispronouncing Manolo Blahnik for years.
Luckily I almost never say it.

I'm confident Manolo Blahnik is pronounced shoes

How are you on your Laboutins?

Isla: I know they have soles rouges...

YANBU. The current one that is bugging me beyond reason is when people talk about putting something in a 'draw'. It's a drawer for fucks sake.

I can't stand people who say "brought" instead of "bought" - why???

Megatron: How do you pronounce "drawer"? Do you say "draw-wer"?

I say draw for drawer. Isn't that just Saaaf Laaandon?