Comments on: Italian Pet Peeves http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/ the result of growing up Italian Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:16:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KJC http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-5582 KJC Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:47:03 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-5582 Wow all this over food......we'll imagine telling someone your name I.e. at restaurant reservation desk and having the person repeat back to you a completely different pronunciation. Happens to me all the time. I guess I don't know how today my own name. Wow all this over food……we’ll imagine telling someone your name I.e. at restaurant reservation desk and having the person repeat back to you a completely different pronunciation. Happens to me all the time. I guess I don’t know how today my own name.

]]> By: Lily http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-4028 Lily Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:25:26 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-4028 Instead of pet peeves, I would love to see a list of commonly mispronounced/misused words with their corrections. Many of these were not a part of our family food heritage even with grandparents who came from Italy. Instead of pet peeves, I would love to see a list of commonly mispronounced/misused words with their corrections. Many of these were not a part of our family food heritage even with grandparents who came from Italy.

]]> By: Valentina http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-3950 Valentina Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:14:40 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-3950 If the server cuts the panino, doesn't it then become panini? I'm with Anna on the I-talian vs It-alian pronunciation, it drives me nuts. Living in the South, I get to hear that all the time. We have a street that everyone pronounces Ver-sails when it should be Ver-si. Oh well, we just have to smile and take it in stride, y'all! If the server cuts the panino, doesn’t it then become panini? I’m with Anna on the I-talian vs It-alian pronunciation, it drives me nuts. Living in the South, I get to hear that all the time. We have a street that everyone pronounces Ver-sails when it should be Ver-si. Oh well, we just have to smile and take it in stride, y’all!

]]> By: Sean (Shawn, not 'Seh- 'AHN) http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-3277 Sean (Shawn, not 'Seh- 'AHN) Wed, 26 May 2010 06:13:40 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-3277 I had a roommate who constantly focused on Italian pronunciation. Being fairly interested in lexical precision, I can appreciate how peeved a person of Italian descent ancestry might feel when others (read: American English-speakers) defile the language. I am especially sympathetic when the affronted *actually* speaks Italian. It's a certain miscarriage of cultural justice, to be certain, to tolerate offenses of these sort. Of course, I suppose such Anglo-focused consumers probably have their hands full just trying to master proper English pronunciation of the alphabet, let alone mastery of its use in other languages. I guess it's fortunate that there is at least one place on Earth where most people won't commit such incendiary cultural "faux pas" (pardon my French) - Italy. I had a roommate who constantly focused on Italian pronunciation. Being fairly interested in lexical precision, I can appreciate how peeved a person of Italian descent ancestry might feel when others (read: American English-speakers) defile the language. I am especially sympathetic when the affronted *actually* speaks Italian. It’s a certain miscarriage of cultural justice, to be certain, to tolerate offenses of these sort.

Of course, I suppose such Anglo-focused consumers probably have their hands full just trying to master proper English pronunciation of the alphabet, let alone mastery of its use in other languages.

I guess it’s fortunate that there is at least one place on Earth where most people won’t commit such incendiary cultural “faux pas” (pardon my French) – Italy.

]]> By: Todd http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-2017 Todd Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:08:00 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-2017 "A panini" bothers me most, always from places passing themselves off as authentically Italian. The bastardization of macchiato is a pet peeve. I was told once I couldn't order it without caramel. “A panini” bothers me most, always from places passing themselves off as authentically Italian.

The bastardization of macchiato is a pet peeve. I was told once I couldn’t order it without caramel.

]]> By: joanne at frutto della passione http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-1121 joanne at frutto della passione Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:58:02 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-1121 I think mine have all been listed, but my husband hates seeing *fettuccini* on menus when we go to Canada. It drives him crazy - but then again living in Italy I have seen *flesh* on menus here! I think mine have all been listed, but my husband hates seeing *fettuccini* on menus when we go to Canada. It drives him crazy – but then again living in Italy I have seen *flesh* on menus here!

]]> By: Cynthia http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-1113 Cynthia Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:42:25 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-1113 I'm so with you on the bruschetta. But the one that makes me crazy is the way anything ground together is called a pesto! Ugh, it's so American to take a good thing and work it to death. I’m so with you on the bruschetta. But the one that makes me crazy is the way anything ground together is called a pesto! Ugh, it’s so American to take a good thing and work it to death.

]]> By: Amanda @ A Tuscan View.... http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-1098 Amanda @ A Tuscan View.... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:31:09 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-1098 Fantastic post Joe. I have so many peeves I'd better not get started! I'll just drink the wine instead! What is with the 'I'talian thing? That is hilarious! ...and Joe you were born to make risotto, trust me. Great comments tutti. amanda Fantastic post Joe. I have so many peeves I’d better not get started! I’ll just drink the wine instead!

What is with the ‘I’talian thing? That is hilarious!

…and Joe you were born to make risotto, trust me.

Great comments tutti. amanda

]]> By: Vanessa http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-1096 Vanessa Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:21:26 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-1096 Funny you should mention it- I wrote an entire post about it a few months back!! http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/06/02/menu-misspellings-and-other-italian-food-pet-peeves/ Great blog, love reading it! Funny you should mention it- I wrote an entire post about it a few months back!!
http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/06/02/menu-misspellings-and-other-italian-food-pet-peeves/

Great blog, love reading it!

]]> By: susan http://italyville.com/2009/01/italian-pet-peeves/#comment-1094 susan Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:01:12 +0000 http://italyville.com/?p=376#comment-1094 There is a little award waiting for you on my site...Please pass by! There is a little award waiting for you on my site…Please pass by!

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