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Cellar Scribblings
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 02, 2021, 05:54:26 pm ---OK, I wasn't sure how closely your Italian conformed to the real pronunciation. When I was learning (a bit of) Italian, my ex-husband said, "You're just speaking in an Italian accent!" And I said, that's just what you have to do to speak it correctly. I think one of the hard things in the early days of learning a second language is getting over feeling silly pronouncing it in a way that feels artificial but is actually correct.
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It's funny you should say that. When I went to Italy to visit friends and family, when I spoke in Italian, I was told I have a Roman accent.
I've been debating investing in that Rosetta stone or another online class to brush up on my Italian. I enjoyed knowing it.
CellarDweller:
Want to know more about words you're mispronouncing?
Here's a YouTube video by a channel called Marco in a Box - it features a cute, married gay couple, one who is Italian.
southendmd:
They are adorabile! (pronounced "adorabilay")
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on June 02, 2021, 12:28:39 pm ---Don't get me started on "panini"! It's plural, and one sandwich is a "panino"!
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Recently there was an article in The New Yorker about le Tacos in France. Tacos is singular. You want one? You order a tacos.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 02, 2021, 02:14:57 pm ---Not necessarily. Apparently "Latinx" is controversial, especially among the people to whom it's supposed to apply. I just read something about this ... somewhere ... lately, but I can't remember where, so I can't provide a reference. :( I remember reading something like "Latinx" is popular among academics and some sexual minorities--I've seen journalists use it, too--but among others maybe not so much. Grammar and pronunciation are involved ( Is it "Latincks" or "Latin-ex"?). There was some question, too, about the use being "imposed" by people--like academics--who are outside the community. Since we're now supposed to refer to people the way they prefer, I suppose this could get quite messy,
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I was wondering about how Latinx was pronounced as well, and it just so happens that I'm watching a Vice channel movie called "HIV: The Neglected Pandemic", and one of the people interviewed was Javier Muñoz from "Hamilton". He was talking about being Latinx and he pronounced it as "Lateenex"
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