So is pronounced Parme-sean
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If it isn't yet, Roquefort should definitely be a first name for well-groomed little boys in fancy little adult outfits.
Listen to this for more cheeses.
Jarlsberg? Gorgonzola?
John Cleese's original family name was Cheese, but his dad changed it because it was silly
Well now I have to link this clip and I deliberately chose the audio only version because it's so much better than any other.
SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZUKI UP!!
I mean Leicester and Lester can be homophones.
"can be"? How else would you pronounce either?!
Foreigners often get tripped up by Leicester - "Lie-Chester" is a common effort.
In my country the most common attempt is lei-Chester.
I used to work in central London and it was always funny hearing Americans trying to pronounce place names.
"Can you tell us how to get to Lee-chester square?"
"You mean Leicester Square?"
They'd always pronounce the H in Buckingham Palace, but the way my nephew or niece said it "bucket and palace" was the best.
"Where's that bucking ham palace"
And Bert is short for Camenbert.
Colby? Jack? Lori?
Lori??
Iirc it's an Armenian semi-soft cheese.
Always fun how Americans pronounce "parmesan" as "parmezhan"
the original Italian is parmigiano, so a soft g/j sound is actually more accurate than a s/z sound
Yes on the first point - it's closer to how the Italians pronounce it. But Parmigiano and Parmesan are not the same word.
The English word "Parmesan" comes from the French word "Parmesan", which is pronounced, you guessed it, with a s/z sound.
The soft g/j is not more accurate, because it's a different word. It's an over-correction.
FWIW, the word was in English nearly a whole century before the first British colony in America. It really is a word that existed and folk in America changed the pronunciation of.
Our unique pronunciation comes from Philadelphia, where they use the word "jawn" to mean "thing." They called it "that parma jawn", meaning like "that thing from parma" but the j became a zh over time.
source: I made it up
Unironically though, I do think that is how i say it. It's parmesan Luc not parmesan Grey.
Yeah, but that's not unique to Americans or even the English language. In German we write it the same (Parmesan) and pronounce a soft s in that place.
Why, how do you pronounce it?
In a way easily described as dialect?
These are my sons Cream Cheese Jr and Kraft Singles
This is my sister, Dairylea.
Oh god this reminds me of a reddit sub for over-the-top first names that always contain a y and a pointless h.
The missing Limburger baby.
Cheddar is an underrated baby name.
Inacan sounds like a real name.