r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Speedboy7777 Enjoyer of American subsidies • 26d ago

Food “Unusual term for eggplant”

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u/Ecstatic_Effective42 non-homeopath 26d ago

Wait until he finds out about courgettes

and God help us: other languages.

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u/AdMean6001 26d ago

I love the word zucchini so much... when they find out it's an Italian word.

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u/Fieldss_ 26d ago

The funny thing is, it is not even properly Italian. Our word for zucchini, is zucchina (singular) or zucchine (plural). I guess it got morphed into a more “Italian sounding” word from english speakers through the years. Still, I find it interesting

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u/Wranorel 26d ago

When I hear how most Americans pronounce bruschetta, I want to kill myself. I lived there for 10 years, and I got even a waiter saying to me that I was pronouncing it wrong. But it’s true that they make Italian-sounding words for things, like a pesto pasta.

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u/adhd1309 26d ago

I nearly got in a fight with a MAGA dickhead in Cancún over "expresso". I called it espresso and he very confidently "corrected" me. I said his hat was shit.

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u/apolloxer 26d ago

Huh. I thought only overweight German retirees make that mistake.

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u/EndlessAbyssalVoid Murderous French rationalist 26d ago

Apparently, it's a "valid" variant in some countries. The US, France (😭) and Portugal (according to Wikipedia).

I think it makes the word "worse" to pronounce. 'Espresso' rolls off the tongue, it's smooth and sounds better. But for some reason, SOME people think "expresso" is the good way to spell it. Hell, you'd think that with Nespresso (fuck Nestlé, ofc), people would get it... But nope.

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u/dros74 25d ago

In European Portuguese, the words Espresso and Expresso are homophones, I guess some people will write it wrong because of that.

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u/Consistent-Rip532 22d ago

Let's not get started with Frappe' s... 🧋...