It is pronounced cleek, not click!

[fancytoes]

I am no SPAG pedant as I am rubbish at it, but I am a pronunciation pedant.

Please, if this is you, change your ways!

I think it's regional. The chances of me discussing paella with a Spanish-speaking person in a different continent are minimal.

Anyone who says 'languages evolves' should not be on here. They usually say it in defence of something that shows the language is deteriorating.

Keep pronouncing it choritzo if you want. It doesn't make it right, it just makes you look uneducated.
This.

Well there are regional versions of English too, American being one of them. Why can't they say click?

It's not very interesting to have all the threads on here just be "everyone's an ignoramus except me", rather than a linguistic discussion. But okay, everyone's an ignoramus except you.

Please go away.

But I'm being the most pedantic! If you can't keep up, I think you should find another corner.

For one thing, I think it's a matter of respect. "Chorizo" is a Spanish word for a Spanish item. Why give it an Italian pronunciation when speaking English?

And foreign loan words that have been used by English speakers for a long time (often centuries) and have been Anglicized to some extent are not good examples in defense of "choritzo."

You seem to be obsessed with something 'sounding Italian', its just a sound. Ive never associated it with Italian pronunciation. Its not Italian any more than the silent H in Spanish could be described as 'French'.

Or Cockney.

YES!!!!! 🙌 And thank you OP 👍👍👍

Also, you COULDN’T care less.

Correct.

And 'Florents' for the lovely city.

Ive said pi eh ah a few times because we have Spanish family but I also sound a twit. Im not bold enough!

Pie Ella it is for me. For tea.

Yeah but cleek makes you sound like a knob

Agreed - it's definitely not click. My French is not perfect by any stretch although on a good day it's passable because, until recently, we had a house there. In my non expert opinion, the 'ee' sound in leek is much more 'ee' -ey than it is in clique, but the 'ee' sound in clique is a slightly longer sound than in the work leek. I think... 😂

Not as much as click which is a noise.

Not obsessed at all; I'm just stating my opinion, like everyone else on this thread. But if not imitating z the sound in Italian, where do you think people are getting the "t" from?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperforeignism

It doesn’t sound right with my sarf London accent so I tend to still say paeLLa. Maybe it’s because I have a Spanish friend so I can hear the difference in how she says it.

Does it? I can’t say I’ve ever thought that.

The majority of people using the word probably don't even know what it means.

It always sounds really weird when they do that. I wonder if foreign newsreaders put on a scouse accent for words like Liverpool 😁

I think a lot of American learn some Spanish in school. In English-speakling Canada, we obviously learn French.

By the way, for us it's 'erb.

What is the alternative to the French pronunciation of homage?

Isn’t that because most of us thought it was a French pronunciation? It’s only recently I learned you pronounce the T (Mowett). Even Freddie Mercury sang Moet with a silent T in Killer Queen.

Brits say hommidge. And also quick-sott instead of kee-ho-tay for Quixote.

These are okay though, because we've been doing it long enough. Or something. Also, posh people do these ones, so it must be right.

ChoreeTho

So anglicized to Choritso

Actually I might start saying Chorifo.

See, I don't know anyone who would pronounce either of those words as you do. Homage wouldn't be pronounced hommidge, but homage (with an h sound and a short a, so not like the French pronouciation, but an anglicized version), and Quixote would be kee-oh-tee. I wouldn't have a clue what someone meant if they said "quick-sott".

Yes, and Spanish is the second most spoken language in the US. I live in Florida where for many people it's their first language (even if born here), and children often start Spanish lessons in primary school. It's not affected for people here to use correct pronunciation, and many would not even know how to easily "Americanize" their pronunciation of Spanish words.

Chorizo doesn't have a t sound in it, in English or Spanish pronouciation.

In your ChoreeTho attempt at phonetic spelling, there's still no t sound, it's close to 'th'.

On fleek! 🙌