@slurpeesoforion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 5 months agoDo Italian kids pronounce spaghetti like bisgetti or buhsgetti the way Americans do?message-square41arrow-up187arrow-down125
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareDo Italian kids pronounce spaghetti like bisgetti or buhsgetti the way Americans do?@slurpeesoforion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square41
minus-square@slurpeesoforionOPlink4•5 months agoI’ve encountered both. The two I mentioned got the point across.
minus-square@WarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•edit-25 months agoWe say spuhghetti around these parts. I feel like I’m misunderstanding the joke though.
minus-square@LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•5 months agoThe pronunciations you have in your head are mispronunciations that some children & uneducated people use.
minus-square@Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•5 months agoYes, that’s why OP is asking if Italian children make similar mispronunciations. Like is it an artifact of learning a word that sounds like that in general or of learning it in the context of English specifically?
I’ve encountered both. The two I mentioned got the point across.
We say spuhghetti around these parts.
I feel like I’m misunderstanding the joke though.
The pronunciations you have in your head are mispronunciations that some children & uneducated people use.
Yes, that’s why OP is asking if Italian children make similar mispronunciations. Like is it an artifact of learning a word that sounds like that in general or of learning it in the context of English specifically?