Is it pronounced with a "ch" sound like "chella" or is pronounced with an "s" sound like "sella"? Marco?
Cella Pronunciation?
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"CH"... like the instrument "cello" but ending in "a."
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I thought as much, but you can't be too careful with things like this. People get excited, tempers flare, this is serious business! Thank you.
I was wondering how to pronounce it too. Thanks for clearing that up.
Funny story, I was buying a bottle of Osage Rub this week, and the old guy at the register said, "Oh, yah, the OH-SAGE Rub, good stuff that."
I've always pronounced it "oz-udge", never even considered putting the syllable break between the O and the S.
I've always pronounced it "oz-udge", never even considered putting the syllable break between the O and the S.
lol, and bruschetta is brus'ketta, not bru'shetta.
I don't care how you say it, this stuff rocks!
:thumsup: You're welcome.
After taking 7 years of Italian, that mistake (from others) drives me entirely insane.
As a veteran of the 1970's Cella wine commercials, I always assumed it was "chella", as in Aldo.
Chill a Cella. Good lord, how those brainworms stay with you.
Chill a Cella. Good lord, how those brainworms stay with you.
They also make Cella brand cherry cordials
The waiter at an Italian restaurant corrected me on that.
Nothing's worse than "I want a panini," or "We're having paninis!"
As my Italian teacher said, the word "panino" sounds just as exotic as "panini" so why has the latter become synonymous with meaning a singular sandwich?
This one always just made sense to me, somehow. I hear the "sch" in bruschetta the same way I hear it in scheme. No one would say, "What are you 'sheeming' about?"
It probably sounds better that way when laz-ag-na is the special of the day or is it that tag-la-tell-ee.
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How about Graffito?
Can I have a biscotti with it?
...and a macchiato?
Most waiters where I live mispronounce it.
