Listen to Woman Pronounce Broccoli With a Hard I
People’s dialects cause them us to pronounce words slightly differently. Is there a worldwide correct way to pronounce everything? Every one of us is probably thinking, “yea, the way I say it” because we’re all crazy and think we’re right. But just like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, the world may never know.
We do know that the way to pronounce Broccoli is not with a hard I sound. Nobody told Australia. Meet Kate Young, a 23 year old, from Australia who has the internet talking. She put a video on Tik Tok asking about the broccoli she had purchased at the store, but instead of the word ending in the hard E sound she says it with a hard I. Check it out.
@katelynn.youngg I have to know! Please if you work at coles or woolworths let me know 😂 #coles #woolworths #produce #onlinegroceries #colesemployee @Woolworths_au @Coles Aus
♬ original sound - Kate Young
This is wrong, right? I didn’t want to jump to conclusions, so I checked broccoli’s Wikipedia page. The etymology explanation on the wiki page comes from the Online Etymology Dictionary, and sums it up pretty nicely.
Etymology
The word broccoli, first used in the 17th century, comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means “the flowering crest of a cabbage“, and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning “small nail” or “sprout”.
In the Italian language the plural for a masculine word is to change the O ending to I. broccolo becomes broccoli. We’re all guilty of not pronouncing words correctly. A few commonly mispronounced words popped into my head after watching Ms. Broccol-I’s video.
Caramel… I’ll never pronounce that 2nd a. I’m just not going to do it. Carmel!
Gala… My wife and I were just having this conversation. She was at a gala for work and we both agreed it is pronounced gah-la. Apparently it’s supposed to be said with a hard A, like gay-la.
Calzone… Did you know the correct pronunciation is Calzon-ay? Not gonna happen. Cal-Zone.
February… Do you know a person that goes out of their way to pronounce that 1st R? Punch them right in the mouth.
Gif… the guy who created the gif said with with a soft g, more of a j sound. All of the hard G, GIF people are wrong.
Salmon… Somehow people pronounce the L in salmon, it’s wrong and sound weird. In my house when you ask my 4 year old what he wants for dinner, almost, every time the answer is Dalmon. He doesn’t pronounce the L, but he also doesn’t pronounce the S either… He may also want a danana, danilla ice cream or to go play in the back-in-yard. I hope that kid never grows up!
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