Seems I've been mispronouncing the name of a local restaurant. Am I embarrassed? Yes. But confident that I was right? Absolutely...I even bet on it.
I know it's just verbage, ekcetera, but I almost went nucular. Supposably, misprounciations are common and somewhat narmal. Irregardless, I drew up a list with a bit more lenth and not one asterick. See if any sound fermiliar:
Enjoy--and may you gain the $20 I lost.
- A'mis - AH-meez, not ah-MISS
- Bellacino's - bell-lah-SEE-nohs, not bell-lah-CHEE-nohs
- Bici Cafe - BEECH-ee, not BEE-cee
- Boogaloo - BOO-guh-loo, not BUG-uh-loo
- Brasserie by Niche - BRAH-sir-ee, not BRAASS-sir-ee
- Chipotle Mexican Grill - chip-POHT-lay, not chip-POLL-tee
- Cielo - chee-EL-loh, not see-EL-loh
- Coco Louco Brasil - it's LOW-coe, not LOO-coe
- Cyrano's - SEER-uh-nohs, not suh-RAH-nohs
- Franco - FRAHN-coe, not FRANK-oh or FRANK-ohs
- Gentelin's on Broadway - JEN-tuh-lunz, not jen-TELL-linz
- I Frattellini - it's ee (not eye) frat-tell-EE-nee
- Luciano's - looch-ee-AH-nohs, not loose-ee-AH-nohs
- Mai Lee - my-LEE, not may-LEE
- Nadoz - NAH-doze, not NAY-doze or nuh-DOZE
- San Sai - sahn-SSI or sann-SSI, not sann-SAY
- Schlafly Tap Room - SCHLAFF-lee, not SHAFF-lee. Tom thanks you.
- Trattoria Marcella - tratt-oh-REE-uh mahr-SELL-uh, not tratt-OH-ree-uh mar-CHELL-uh
- Vegadeli - VEE-gah-delli, not VEJ-uh-delli
And finally, the one that busted me:
- Acero - it's AACH-uh-roe, not uh-CHAIR-roe
Have any more? Let me know, and save us all some future embarassment. -- George Mahe (and that's MAY-hee, not MAHH-hee)
