You say tchoritso...

[BrillianaHarvey]

...and I say khoritho. Because it's RIGHT. That's how ACTUAL SPANISH PEOPLE say it because it COMES FROM SPAIN.
So why do you look pityingly at me as though I'm some kind of illiterate imbecile, and get me to repeat it, several times, before you say, triumphantly, 'Oh, tchoritso!' like you've just cracked the fucking Enigma Code?
And it crosses my mind, fleetingly, that perhaps my life would have been easier if sometimes I'd chosen to be wrong instead of weird.

I have Lleyn sheep.

"South of Mexico they call you stupid if you pronounce z as th"
North of Mexico as well. Also actually in Mexico.

I once ordered a Bourbon (berben) Sour cocktail in Frankie and Benny's only for the waitress to say "Do you mean a borbon (pronounced like the biscuit) sour?" I said yes but the drink was pronounced berben.

The biscuits, as in Bourbon creams? I've always pronounced it "berben". (Canadian, here.)

Do you pronounce car names in their native accents too op? Do you drive a volcsh-vargon?

--Or is that a step too twatish?

I think we can agree that Castilian Spanish is the purest pronunciation

Colombian Spanish is considered the clearest pronunciation, kind of like the Queen's Spanish. More people speak a native Spanish without the lisp than with it.

The waiter correcting the pronunciation of bruschetta was correct.

This thread is all very Muphry isn't it?

Yy - brusketta is correct. Brushetta is wrong.

Agree with Andylion on Bourbon and VintagePerfumista on bruschetta.
Personally (brought up by Spanish speaking mother) I say choritho.

It would be logical to pronounce it as if it was English (cho- ree- zo) if you're in Britain, or Spanish (cho - ree - tho or -so).
Not Italian. We aren't in Italy.

It would be logical to pronounce it as if it was English (cho- ree- zo) if you're in Britain, or Spanish (cho - ree - tho or -so).
Not Italian. We aren't in Italy.

thenewaveragebear That's not how you'd pronounce Volkswagen in German. Vs in German are pronounced as "f" and Ws as "v". So it'd be Folks-vaguhn. There's no "sh" sound. That'd be "Volkschwagen". Which it's not.

How do people who say tchor-ee-tho even though they're in Britain pronounce the capital city of 🇫🇷 France?

I watching gogglebox and your one is called Chanchez, but they say its pronounced San-chez. Since I think they only speak English, how the shite do they think you can get a Sa sound from Cha?
Even if it is meant to be some flavour of foreign, I can't fathom which one!

I say choriço, cos it's also Portuguese and that's my second language

It sounds like : shore ee so

Far more acceptable 😂

Fascinating - I pronounce chorizo as inedible crap.

Well it's hoo-charden with the 'ch' of loch so...

It's not really. It's not quite an english g of garden, its softer, but its not the ch of loch as its Flemish and not Dutch. I'd say its actually halfway between the two?
You can hear it here a few times:

Ok, there are 4 Spanish languages: Catalan, Galician, Basque and Castillian.

And Valenciano.

If you were in the Valencian region you would pronounce it Choreeetho.

And when I was at school in Valencia in the early 80's the Spanish alphabet ran A, B, C, Ch, D. That may have been valenciano though. I'm never quite sure.

Spanish as in the widespread official version is Castilian, in the same way that modern Italian is Tuscan.
There are many dialects and regional differences, but Spanish itself is Castellano. Galician is not Spanish, Catalan is not Spanish, Basque is not Spanish. They are languages of Spain.

I mean, in Basque chorizo is txistorra...see how many English speakers can pronounce that!

"There are many dialects and regional differences, but Spanish itself is Castellano."
Just to confuse things.
The Spanish word Castellano, which translates to 'Castilian Spanish', and the English term Castilian Spanish don't have the same meaning. Castellano means all Spanish dialects, but the English 'Castilian Spanish' refers to a specific dialect of Spanish, as spoken in Spain. But not everybody in Spain.

99% of Spanish people speak Spanish, which is translated as Castilian. This is how the official language is referred to.

I recently discovered that the (apparently) correct way to pronounce bircher (as in muesli) is berk-er, rather than birsh-er. Never heard berk-er before and am afraid to use it. Will I get pitying looks and gentle shoulder pats?

DH likes The Sopranos and has taken to pronouncing Mozzarella is moo-za-rell. Which is correct but fucking annoying!!