Panino

[hotdiggetydog]

panino when it's singular, panini when plural.

Does the misuse of panini drive anyone else mad?

[Clicheinaqashqai]

DH finds this infuriating too!

[hotdiggetydog]

"can I have one cheese and ham sandwiches?"

[upinaballoon]

Yes, as does 'panini's'. I have been heard to mutter, "Not content with ruining our own language, we're now damn well mucking up Italian."

I am too lazy to check whether or not I've mucked up my punctuation.

[ErrolTheDragon]

Languages evolve. If you check some dictionaries, in general it seems that 'panini' is now the normal English word for a panino, and 'paninis' is a recognised plural.
E.g.
www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/panini

Or
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panini

[IsadoraQuagmire]

Yes, really annoying. Also see "cappuccinos"

[Polimolly]

Spaghettis is the one that drives me mad. It's spaghetti. The word is already plural!

[SlowingDownAndDown]

No, somehow it doesn’t. You’re talking English not Italian.
I always make three lasagnes at once as well so there!

[TheLeadbetterLife]

I am as pedantic as they come, but this doesn't bother me. It's an Anglicisation.

Do you get annoyed when people say "sopranos", "altos" etc, instead of "soprani", "alti" as well?

[Geamhradh]

In fairness, if you're going to argue against panino/panini because of the grammar, then you need to protest about the semantics as well.
As my Italian husband used to say when they first became trendy. "that's neither a panini or a panini, it's a toasted sandwich"