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Foodie Words That Leave Us Tongue-Tied

From gnocchi to pho, commonly misprounced words

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 23, 2010 10:39 PM CST

(Newser) – Reacting to news that the Olive Garden and its tough-to-say specialties might be opening up overseas, the Chicago Tribune presents its top 10 mispronounced foodie words:

  • Bruschetta: Say broo-SKEH-tah, get the grilled-bread appetizer.
  • Gnocchi: the dumpling-like noodles are pronounced NYOH-kee.
  • Gyro: YEER-oh is how the
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