Quasant !!

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This is the worst spelling I have seen of croissant. I assume that's what is on offer.

I was searching for hotels, and this was in the breakfast section.

Joyous 😂

Reminds me of a waitress in a hotel years ago who brought our meals over and asked which one of us was having the louse agony.

My very dim MIL calls ciabatta key yer batter

Flaming Yawn and Bone Apple Tea are two of my favourites

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I run a cafe and we sell ciabattas, my most favourite pronunciation was chia ba tata but it rhymed with hakuna matata so I am often found singing it to that tune 🤣

I can't figure out what that is meant to be!

Lasagne maybe?

I’ve heard kwessidilla for quesadilla before

I had no idea how to pronounce 'quinoa' for absolute ages - I'd only seen it written down, not heard it spoken aloud.

Fortunately I've never needed to order it, so avoided making a prat of myself.

It took me a little while to think 'lasagne'!

Jalapeño pronounced as jowl a pe no ..... no. Just no. I'm not sure what's more annoying. The incorrect pronunciation or the confidence in which it's stated 🤔

I say 'kinwa' now but that's probably because I heard it on a programme. Before that I said 'quin-o-a'. Phonics and all that.

As I once learned some Italian I know about the c followed by the i in ciabatta (and the double t) and that you don't pronounce a hard g in lasagne, but not everyone can know. I wish there were a way of gently correcting folk without them being upset or scathing about cows who say it posh or the corrector seeming to be a bit supercilious.

This made me laugh

Tag-ya-telly bugs me as does brushetta. Especially if the person saying it frequently boasts about learning to cook from their nonna.

I don't care if someone says Kwin-o-a for Keenwa. I know what they mean.

Flaming Yawn and Bone Apple Tea - I need help with Flaming Yawn.

Filet mignon!

People have real trouble with quinoa (I certainly do - it gives me violent stomach pains!). I've told dh how to pronounce it a million times and he still can't get it! I think it helps to break it down into chunks so people can see which bit does what.

Qui = kee
No = no
A = ah

But run the no and ah together really quickly so it sounds like 'nwa'.

Obvious to folks on Pedants' Corner, no doubt, but it seems to help some people!

Choritso is a bugbear - because it's said by people who are trying to demonstrate how good they are with foreign. I don't mind if it's a strange word and you pronounce it as it's written. It's when you try to show how cosmopolitan you are that my teeth start to grind

Choritso is annoying. It's as annoying as brushetta and taggy-telly.

@TaborlinTheGreat , it's keen-wa.

Yes, I know. Did you actually read my post? I was just describing how the pronunciation 'keenwa' breaks down into syllables/sounds, which can help people to get and remember how to say it.

My darling H cannot say mozzarella properly, always Monsterella... 🤣

Monsterella! Love it.

@TaborlinTheGreat , I did but I thought it was overly complicated.

It can help someone who finds it impossible to grasp how a word spelled 'quinoa' can possibly sound like 'keenwa'!

Quasant is brilliant!

A friend of mine cannot pronounce latte macchiato - it usually comes out something like matte lachiato. It's her favourite coffee too which is a shame! She never says it the same twice 😅

Expresso.