I hate

Also it's somewhat symptomatic when you compare a foreign word that has one and only one correct pronunciation with regional differences in pronunciation of English words.

well this has had me lol'ing onto my expresso.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/128276/?offset=11375#comment14716896

;)

Yeah. But...

Nah - you’ve got me. Hypocrite to the core.

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Hypocrite shame moment for me occurs when I realise I'm annoyed about other people's idiotic pronunciation when it is actually more accurate than mine. I have a problem with Americans and Spanish-based words for some reason, like "paella"

[IRL LOL here]

I got told off once by a waiter in Frankie and Benny's (it was a works do, ok) for pronouncing bruschetta correctly.

Surprised you still have that pic knocking around you've not lived with @ChainBreaker for ages.

Campy

Porca miseria!

Ok, how do you pronounce ‘Miche’? I’m assume a lot of people pronounce it ‘meesh’ but I heard it’s supposed to be pronounced ‘meekay’ - is that correct? The last time I said it out loud I pronounced it ‘meesh’ because I don’t really care that much and no Italians were within earshot to kick me in the Adam’s apple for ruining their entire culture.

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My Nonna would just have that disapproving look and go "Ma no..."

Yep, basically 'Meek-eh', so a 'k' because there's an 'h' between the 'c' and the 'e'. Also, that trailing 'e' is more of an 'eh' sound than an 'ay', but honestly compared to 'meesh' that's a very minor problem. The latter would be correct if it was French though.

Hey Miche you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind...

Ok cool. So it’s kind of the main emphasis on the ‘meek’ then a half-syllabic ‘eh’?
I have resolved to actually pronounce this correctly in the future. Especially as my track bike’s dripping in meesh...

Often, it's the penultimate syllable (here, with only 2 syllables to begin with, that's the first one) that is stressed in Italian. There's quite a lot of exceptions, but it's not a bad starting point, and in this case it holds - so yes.

And back on track - I hate surface dressing on roads. Utter shite for a few weeks while it 'settles' or whatever. Think someone might have hated this before but I haven't trawled through the thread to see.

Yup, been there! :)

i'll refer you guys to the chai latte thread
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/328690/?offset=100#comment14604314

My slippers! Thought I fucking lost them!

The de in Tour de Yorkshire really boils my piss.

It's not Vuelta de España or Giro de Italia. I don't see the need for the Tour of Yorkshire anyway and I realise its a painful hangover from when Yorkshire held the Grande Depart, but if its a valid race in its own right have the confidence to use your own language for its name rather than piggy backing the the Tour de France.

Everytime I hear it said it makes irrationally angry. I can just imagine a boardroom of the Yorkshire tourist board coming up with this shit plan and none of them being vaguely interested in cycling or cycle racing.

T' T' Yorkshire!

Ha, that makes more sense. "Todays stage is the TT of the T' t' Yorkshire."

https://youtu.be/Jkxm5UTe-Xg

I hate it when people stereotype this forum as part of the metropolitan elite.