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.

i like pronouncing paprika as papricker and not papreeeka. god knows which one is right but it's only me and nigella who i copied it from who says it like papricker (emphasis on the pap).

going slightly off piste. sorry.

But haunted that is now the commonly used pronunciation in England. Going 'bwahh the Spanish pronounce it x or y way' is like king cnut shouying at the waves.

Choriço (pronounced shore ee so) is also a traditional product of Portugal.

As a speaker of Portuguese, that's how I say it.

HTH

Good point hissy! Much easier to pronounce.