Childlike food expressions that should be cancelled immediately

Cropduster172

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1.za- it's pizza
2. taters-they are potatoes
3. Sammies- they are sandwiches
4. Sammich- see above
5. Tuck in- you're in the US, not the UK.
6. Chicki parm- it's chicken Parmesan
7. Any Sopranos influenced term for delicatessen meats...it's capicola not gabbagoul , mannigott- it's manicotti, it's spaghetti or marinara sauce-not gravy

The above is entirely for the public good.
 
My sister called it “Sketties”. instead of spaghetti but she was 2 so it was cute.

The Italian language has no silent letters like English has, every letter gets enunciated, those i’s and e’s and a’s at the end of words should be pronounced.
 
Awesome! I've always supported some form of corporal punishment for people who use such vernacular.

As this is a car site, can we also address automotive babble? Things like "I need tires for my 2015 Chally." Just say Challenger for Pete's sake!

Or how about the fact everyone's car has "door cards" all of a sudden. Did we turn British overnight? They were always door panels or door trim panels until Wheeler Dealers hit the airwaves.

The bottom line is most people are very easily influenced...even if it makes them look like boobs.
 
Capt W said:
Awesome! I've always supported some form of corporal punishment for people who use such vernacular.

As this is a car site, can we also address automotive babble? Things like "I need tires for my 2015 Chally." Just say Challenger for Pete's sake!

Or how about the fact everyone's car has "door cards" all of a sudden. Did we turn British overnight? They were always door panels or door trim panels until Wheeler Dealers hit the airwaves.

The bottom line is most people are very easily influenced...even if it makes them look like boobs.
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Agreed....Bimmer for BMW is childish. Although, Caddy for Cadillac is grandfathered.
 
Not many say "mozzarella" in NJ.

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Cropduster172 said:
1.za- it's pizza
2. taters-they are potatoes
3. Sammies- they are sandwiches
4. Sammich- see above
5. Tuck in- you're in the US, not the UK.
6. Chicki parm- it's chicken Parmesan
7. Any Sopranos influenced term for delicatessen meats...it's capicola not gabbagoul , mannigott- it's manicotti, it's spaghetti or marinara sauce-not gravy

The above is entirely for the public good.
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I've made my position clear on the infantilization of our youth several times here and I will extend it to adults using baby talk.

As a native New Yorker who grew up in a 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian town and worked in a pizzeria owned by an immigrant from Italy and who is of Irish descent but learned Italian in college, the Italian-Americans love to cut off the suffix and not conjugate verbs. Unfortunately, that is what tells you who or what they are talking about and it is confusing when you learn grammatically correct Italian.
 
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John Galt said:
My sister called it “Sketties”. instead of spaghetti but she was 2 so it was cute.

The Italian language has no silent letters like English has, every letter gets enunciated, those i’s and e’s and a’s at the end of words should be pronounced.
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...and the Italian "e" is pronounced "eh", the Italian "i" is pronounced "eee", and the Italian "a" is pronounced "ah".
 
I must be from the dinosaur era as I’ve not heard any of those except in memes.

The gravy thing is very fake. Not sure why Sopranos writers went with it. This made me think of Phil Leotardo and compromise. Yes, the tissue thing 😂
 
PWMDMD said:
I've made my position clear on the infantilization of our youth several times here and I will extend it to adults using baby talk.

As a native New Yorker who grew up in a 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian town and worked in a pizzeria owned by an immigrant from Italy and who is of Irish descent but learned Italian in college, the Italian-Americans love to cut off the suffix and not conjugate verbs. Unfortunately, that is what tells you who or what they are talking about and it is confusing when you learn grammatically correct Italian.
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On the babification thing. I actually asked myself. How come my son is 10 years old, a black belt in karate, yet doesn’t know how to ride a bike (my fault not his, pandemic is not an excuse but a factor)? My wife taught him in just 2 days. Then we discover friends have kids in the same boat and some even teens. Yet of course our gen rode bikes at 4 and ice skated at 2. It is the infantilization where simulation is just as good as the real thing. Tablets iPads phones imho
 
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