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.

Well, now I am in a quandry. On the one hand I am surprised at my lack of knowledge of how chorizo is supposed to be pronounced and want to correct it from now on, tell my family etc.
On the other hand I really hate being told what to do and am tempted to continue saying choreetso JUST because OP is telling me I shouldn't.
how immature (me, I mean, not OP).

Unfortunately there isnt a Spanish version of mumsnet! There is one called enforfeminino but only Latin Americans with US American names go on there. Even if there were a Spanish mumsnet, they most definitely would not be discussing English food, Spaniards have a very bad impression of English food and outside of the Costas you can't really buy any British products

Chrorizo of course should have a th or s sound, never a z in Spanish, but it doesnt really matter. I find it funny when British people insist that IbiTHa and BarTHelona are pronounced like that. Of course they are in SPanish, but in the local Catalan languages they are not, they are pronounced more like the English would pronounce them i.e. Barseloner and Aibeesa

In the same way, I despise people who leave out the "t" sound in Moet et Chandon How ignorant.

So what parts of Spain is it an 'ith' or an 'is' sound?
And just to clarify 'its' is never acceptable unless you are Italian?

Even if there were a Spanish mumsnet, they most definitely would not be discussing English food - exactly!

Quite honestly why Brits want to discuss a horrible sausage made of lumps of pig fat and dyed red is beyond me too - but there you go!

Not as bad as tag-lee-a-telly for tagliatelle...

or fajeeta

Choritso is not the Anglicised version of the word. Chorizo (with a normal English z sound) is. Saying choritso is italianising a Spanish word.

Also bruschetta: the ch makes a hard c sound, not a sh sound.

tortillers

I'm Spanish but was dragged brought up here, what am I allowed to say?

Afaik, Ibiza has always been pronounced Ibeetha by English speakers, which is the correct Spanish pronunciation anyway. Does anyone say Ibeeesa or Ibitsa?

Ibeesa is also correct. Ibitsa is just wrong.

have never ever heard anyone call it 'Ibitsa'
Eye - beefer innit?

BurberryQ. I love chorizo, so much that it made me want to live there!

However, there is a big different between a good and bad chorizo. The ones in the UK tend to be the very industrial cheap and nasty ones. Also Brits actually eat it in a way that Spaniards never would i.e. they tend to fry it and put it in omelettes or pizzas.

Chorizo should not be cooked or fried, especially not a good chorizo. It should be cut very thinly and eaten either on its own or with bread/in a sandwich.

There is a different type of fresh chorizos that are meant for frying or cooking which I dont think you can buy in the UK

By the way, British chefs are the best at basterdizing food from other countries and misleading people in Britain to how something should be cooked. Paella and tortilla de patata are prime examples. British celebrity chefs never get them right!

Anyway, chorizo is a bit uncooth and simple. Let's see if Brits get into jamon next. Now that IS a delicacy. Although you have to pay good money to get the good stuff

Nasty Jody and Mia on Real Housewives of Vancouver say Ibiza in a bit of a wanky way.

How would you say Paella? Would you do all the y sounds or just say the l sound? Lady at work says it with lots of y's and it just sounds silly to me.

ooh I loooove jamon - i expect you are right about the quality of the chorizo, but i do know not to fry it

How about Lidl then? Everyone pronounces it lid (as in saucepan lid) wheras in German (Lidl are a German company) it is pronounced as in Lee -doll. Same with Hairdryers made by Braun. Over here everyone says 'Brawn' wheras German pronunciation is just like our 'Brown'. Things get anglicised, for ease of pronunciation mainly.

There's a really annoying song with the lyrics "we're gong to Ibitsa". Grrrr

Anglicisation is fine. Pronouncing a foreign word according to the rules of a different foreign language is wrong and silly.

sings La Ketchup song

sings the Macarena

dances

sings Dos Cervezas Por Favor

I never fry chorizo, we have it sliced with bread and far too much Rioja

my friend calls jalapenos, Hallapenyos. Im stuck now. I wish I didnt know