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Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago

Does anyone else (intentionally) pronounce "oregano" as "ore-uh-gone-oh"?

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Does anyone else (intentionally) pronounce "oregano" as "ore-uh-gone-oh"?

Iced Raktajino@startrek.website to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago
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  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    i called it ore-ugh-gone-oh to my culinary instructor just for a laugh; he did not appreciate.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      1 day ago

      Next try jah-lah-pen-oh

      • Davel23@fedia.io
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        1 day ago

        With the accent on “LAH”.

  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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    Six spices!? Some must be repeats.

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    21 hours ago

    Or-e-gah-no

  • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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    Yes because that’s the standard pronunciation in the UK

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Same with courgettes (zucchini) and coriander leaves (cilantro)

  • LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works
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    I don’t think I’m legally allowed to say it any other way, than questioned, as I am Australian.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    I also call Parmesan “Parm-E-sian”.

    • Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOP
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      20 hours ago

      Goes good with cham-pag-ney.

  • very_well_lost@lemmy.world
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    What the hell…??

    • Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOP
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      15 hours ago

      Every time I grab it from the cabinet lol.

  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    You can’t just go making spices up

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    o-reg-en-o

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    ora gyannoh

  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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    no

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    I pronounce it like Richard Dawson saying antipasto on the old Match Game.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    21 hours ago

    I do sometimes for fun.

    I’ll also pronounce Oregon as “Ore gone.”

    “Why would ya try and find gold up there? They already took all the ore. That’s why it’s called ore gone!”

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