about people who pronounce cayenne "kye-ann"

[GrandTheftQuarto]

They should all be shot.

See also: chewmeric, cardamon, and cummin.

Yes I know this is unreasonable. Especially for cummin.

[Discopanda]

I had barista training at an old job and I still don't know the difference. Don't even get me started on the whole flat white thing!

[KatoPotato]

boom

[BoyFromTheBigBadCity]

as a southern eatern Londoner, with all a Scottish family, raised in Singapore with an international school (mainly Australian) accent, former barista, I say laahtay. mocha has no cream. Kay-enne pepper. Turmeric, tube and Tuesday all begin with ch.

[Icimoi]

How about auction? I say orkshon, DH says ockshon. Who's right?

[Icimoi]

The one that annoys me is meatreeology for meteorology. Jeremy Paxman, I'm looking at you.

[BuzzardBird]

Lat-tay is correct though (studied Italian). Lar-tay sounds affected.

[MrsTawdry]

So how am I supposed to say Chorizo please? I say Chor itz oh

[Discopanda]

Erm, I think you're supposed to pronounce 'chorizo' like your tongue is three sizes too big for your mouth. 'Lat-tay' sounds wrong in a typical Surrey accent, people just pronounce it in a really chavvy way, it's more 'Lah-eeeeyyyyy' where I live, like Vicky Pollard ordering a Starbucks.

[grocklebox]

There is no h sound in Prosecco if you are speaking Italian, none at all.

[ToomanyChristmasPresents]

Last word from me on Cayenne. Kye-Ann pepper is well used in Cajun and Creole cooking along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. It's pretty internal to the food culture actually. So, being critical of the way these very people pronounce the word seems a little odd to me. I speak as a 7th generation Gulf Coaster.

[GlitzAndGigglesx]

On the very rare occasion I go to Starbucks I order as quietly as possible with lots of pointing so they don't laugh at my pronunciation. What size do I want? Tall, because I'm probably not pronouncing grande correctly. Gran-day?

[Teeste]

Amateur - amatyeur, amachyeur or amaturr?

Theatre - the-ETTer or THE-atre?

I'm really surprised no-one's mentioned scones yet...

[Biscetti]

Chorizo is chor-eeth-o.

Unless of course you say I-beez-a for Ibiza...

Nothing snobby about saying it correctly, but seeing as both are Spanish, then the same rules should apply.

[PiggyPlumPie]

Envelope or as DH says onvelope???

[SconeRhymesWithGone]

The easiest way to pronounce chorizo is to use the Latin American pronunciation cho-REE-so.

I say kye-enne, but it might sound a bit like "ann" in my accent. I am an American from the deep South, and as TooManyChristmasPresents has mentioned, it is a basic spice here, used in many recipes, so I think that the way we pronounce it should prevail.

[Enormouse]

My personal bugbear is expresso instead of espresso. There is no x in it!

[ooerrmissus]

GlitzAndGigglesx when I go to Starbucks (rarely, cos I hate it) I insist on using proper English words.

I order a small black coffee. It gets a smile every time cos they must be fed up with the pretentious names as well

[LollyLondon]

I thought it was chor-ee-tho

My ex used to call tartare sauce ta-ta sauce (to rhyme with ta-dah). Pretentious knob.

[badtime]

Toomany and Scone, I think that, as Americans, you probably pass the pronunciation test as:

1. you are forrin; and
   
2. when (most) Americans say an 'ann' sound, in isolation it is very similar to a British person saying an 'enn' sound.

[Biscetti]

If people say cho-REE-so then they should be saying I-BEE-sa then.

[badtime]

Also, chorizo is pronounced cho-ree-tho or cho-ree-so in Spanish, and in English should be pronounced the same, or as it is spelled (cho-ree-zo or cho-ri-zo). The 'cho-rit-zo' mispronunciation is inexplicable.

[badtime]

*Biscetti', some Spanish speakers would pronounce 'Ibiza' as 'ee-bee-sa'.

[Biscetti]

I grew up in Spain, never heard a Spaniard say anything but I-beeth-a. The 'z' in Spain, is a gentle 'th' sound. It may well be different in Latin America.

[mypoosmellsofroses]

I have a friend - lovely woman but she insists on telling me that she has made dolphin nose potatoes on a regular basis :)

[WalkingThePlank]

My bug bear is bruschetta - the ch is pronounced as a hard c. I have never heard an non-Italian pronounce it correctly on TV, even the chefs!

Chorizo I would pronounce as Choreezo as that is what my Spanish teacher taught me and how my Spanish friends pronounce it.

I have no idea why anyone would add an 'h' to Prosecco. As PP said above, you'd sound pissed (or like Mark Wright).