what are you paying for gas

[yesno]

I hate how the pronunciation of mozzarella has gotten completely out of control by people who want to prove what a foodie they are.  when did it turn into mootsallel?

I like lifting pronunciations from the Sopranos.  Even though I'm from Jersey I never heard "moozadel" or "gabagoo" or most of the others  growing up.  In real life it was "mootzarella."  But then, I'm not Italian.

I did grow up pronouncing pasta fagioli as "pasta fajool," though.

A friend of mine (who can speak standard Italian fluently) made up a list of fake Italian Jersey dialect a while ago that I ought to type in one of these days.  I still remember "gabone," for toilet.

[Gregory]

I hate how the pronunciation of mozzarella has gotten completely out of control by people who want to prove what a foodie they are.  when did it turn into mootsallel?

I used to have a co-worker that would pronounce mozzarella that way, complete with a sudden Italian accent on the word too. It really annoyed me because the only time would talk about mozzarella would be when was describing his mozzarella sticks.

[Andy]

I hate giada delorenta based solely on the fact that she TRYS to speak with an italian accent.  she even pronounces words differently in the same show.

that, and the fact that she's fat.

[yesno]

I hate when people try to pronounce any word or place name "authentically" when there's an established English pronunciation.

For some reason it's most common with Italian and Spanish.

Also, the Turin Olympics drove me crazy with this made-up nonsense word "Torino."  It's been called Turin in English since forever.  And it's so inconsistent-- why not Venezia?  Fiorenza?

[Forrest]

I wince whenever anyone makes reference to Moslems.

[Forrest]

Hey! Look at that. With that, a new Spartan Warrior is born. Good bye, Skeletor. I know I'll miss you.

[jed]

I just had the privilege of paying $4.19 a gallon to fill up the entire 15 gallon tank of my old Chrysler sedan last week, which ended up being north of $60. There was another gas station across the street that was selling for $4.07, but the cars were lined up 5-deep for every pump, I was on my way to work, and the $4.19 place was completely empty. It was actually kind of funny.

There's a place in South Jersey where my in-laws live that always undercuts the station across the street by a penny or two and has long lines.  I used to go there until I did the math one day and realized that I'd only be saving twelve cents if I filled my tank.  Thankfully, I can live without a car these days and probably spend about $100 a month to get where I need to go.

[Pat K]

I used to go there until I did the math one day and realized that I'd only be saving twelve cents if I filled my tank. 

Yeah, I figured the money I'd save on gas would be outweighed by the money I'd lose by being 90 minutes late to work.

Man, I remember when I didn't need a car. Heady days, indeed...

[jed]

I wince whenever anyone makes reference to Moslems.

What's worse/more offensive:

Mooslems, Moslems, Mohommedans? 

Do American Muslims have a preference? I always assumed that the recent comeback of these archaic pronunciations was a revival of racist Western imperialistic language.  Not because they are logically offensive but just because racists love being "not PC."

[yesno]

"Moslem" is offensive for linguistic reasons-- it sounds like a derogatory word in Arabic, iirc.

That's a different issue than people showing off with their "authentic" pronunciations.

[erika]

Yeee-rowwwww

[Forrest]

[Pat K]

I wince whenever anyone makes reference to Moslems.

I've been trying to get "Moors" to come back for forever now. Still no takers.

[Emily]

i havent been driving and the other day i took a road trip and paid like 4.89/gallon for REGULAR

insane. that was like either in CT or MA. granted, it was by a highway, but i had no gas so i had to buy it.



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[iAmBaronVonTito]

crap thats a lot