How do you guys pronounce 'Pistachio'?
I always thought it is pronounced as 'Pees-ta-CHEE-oh' ... until Natalie Tran proved me wrong in her latest video as 'Pees-ta-KEY-oh'. So I google up the word and 'OMGWTFBBQ! it IS pronounced as 'KEY-oh' .... I've gotten it wrong all these years. Eeeks, so embarassing..
But it does make ALOT of sense now reading it as 'Pees-ta-KEY-oh'. Just like macchiato - 'ma-KEY-ah-toe'. Italians..... LOL
And then today, I read a post on FB and apparently 'hiccup' isn't really spelled that way. It is 'hiccough' but the '-ough' pronounced as 'up'. Funny Funny English.. According to wiki, '-ough' has up to TEN(10) pronunciations.
And to think we use these words everyday... I didn't even realized they are all read differently.
I always thought it is pronounced as 'Pees-ta-CHEE-oh' ... until Natalie Tran proved me wrong in her latest video as 'Pees-ta-KEY-oh'. So I google up the word and 'OMGWTFBBQ! it IS pronounced as 'KEY-oh' .... I've gotten it wrong all these years. Eeeks, so embarassing..
But it does make ALOT of sense now reading it as 'Pees-ta-KEY-oh'. Just like macchiato - 'ma-KEY-ah-toe'. Italians..... LOL
And then today, I read a post on FB and apparently 'hiccup' isn't really spelled that way. It is 'hiccough' but the '-ough' pronounced as 'up'. Funny Funny English.. According to wiki, '-ough' has up to TEN(10) pronunciations.
| /ʌf/ | enough, hough, rough, slough, tough | ||
| /ɒf~ɔːf/ | cough, trough | ||
| /aʊ/ | bough, drought, plough | ||
| /oʊ/ | dough, furlough, though | ||
| /ɔː/ | bought, brought, ought, sought, thought, wrought | ||
| /uː/ | brougham, slough, through | ||
| /ə/ | borough, thorough | ||
| /ʌp/ | hiccough | ||
| /ɒk/ | hough | ||
| /ɒx/ | lough |
And to think we use these words everyday... I didn't even realized they are all read differently.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
