to point out that people who say "choritso" for chorizo...

[MardyBra]

... are assigning an Italian pronunciation to a Spanish word?

You don't need to do a Manuel-style "choreeeeetho" thing. Chorizo with a z sound is fine by me if you prefer, as it's a valid in many dialects.

This is a really important issue of course, before I get any "first world problem" comments.

It's in an M&S advert at the moment.

YANBU.

YABU- As long as you know what people are talking about then I really don't think it matters! Most people aren't linguistics experts!

hahah what about 'koreetsio' with a strong estuary accent?

This drives me insane

Even Dave bloody Lamb does it on CDWM.

Grrrr

So how should we pronounce it? Confused now. Are you Spanish?

Shit, I didnt realise. I say Choreetso. So by the same token, is Ibiza pronounced differently?

Recently, people have started saying Ibieetha. Took me quite a few attempts to actually understand they meant the holiday destination.

at Mjinaiature

What about "torte"? Do we still pronounce the final e, German-style?

but OP a Z is a TS sound for English speakers.....
personally if someone said Cchhhhhooreeeetho i would think they were a pretentious wanker.
much like someone telling me they were going to Par-ee

No Spanish TheWave but I do speak it.

That's not the worst thing about that advert. The worst thing is that those scallops in real life are the size and depth of 5p pieces.

I know the correct pronunciation but feel like a massive twat saying it. so say choreeetso like everyone else.

same with bruschetta.

Try hearing 'koreetho' with a broad Manchester accent... Sounds utterley silly..
I do have a habit of saying 'choritso' but I think that's down to my accent rather than anything else, I'm in an area where a bus is called a 'buzz' so things can come out sounding a little strange to other ears!

yy, Ibiza in many Spanish accents will have a "th" sound for the z, but never a tz sound. That's Italian.

I don't get why people don't just say chori - zo - it's a reasonable anglicized form.

"a Z is a TS sound for English speakers."

Not necessarily. We don't say "latzy", we say "lazy".

" if someone said Cchhhhhooreeeetho i would think they were a pretentious wanker"

Like I said, you don't have to do the Manuel in Fawlty Towers exaggeration.

Choreetho is fine.
Also Choreeso.

How is z a ts sound for English speakers?

a vast majority of English people could not even distinguish between spoken Spanish and Italian...
so YABU

ha you are right habbibu it is not, just my surname has a a z after a t so i was muttering it to myself

Pseudo Yanbu about the scallops.

Well, people don't go around saying "Paree" or "Roma" when they speak about Paris or Rome. It's natural to give an anglicised pronounciation to foreign words.

I find people who go around pronouncing everything "properly" all the time often come across as pretentious wankers, tbh.

"It's natural to give an anglicised pronounciation to foreign words"

But it's not anglicised though.