Pronounciation of Italian Dishes

[W1GUH]

I was told by an Italian man from Fort Lee, NJ, that to properly pronounce Italian foods, you should drop the final vowel.

Calamar
Manicot
etc.

A few years later I was talking to some other Italian people who had never heard of that, so I was probably learning "Italian with a New Jersey accent." As it turned out, that's how Tony Soprano, et al, talked. Probably is a Jersey (especiall NE Jersey) thing. I even heard one of them refer to his car as a "Maserat".
Could it be that calling sauce "gravy" also comes from Jersey?

[NQ6U]

Italians--especially those who come from Napoli and other places in southern Italy--frequently drop the last vowel from certain words but it's not really "proper" Italian pronunciation. They often substitute G for C and B for P, too, but it's a regional thing, sort of like a Brooklyn accent.

[W1GUH]

Thanks! I did notice the "g for c and b for p" from Tony Soprano, also.

[KG4CGC]

tagliatelle
con formaggio
e carne
con salsa

[kc7jty]

Not proper pronunciation, I used to frequent an Italian grocery in Spokane. The woman, who was from the other side, would often frown and moan in pain at my south Philly pronunciation, but always took the time to teach me to say it correctly.
Darn if I don't get into trouble when visiting Philly now, and pronounce the words correctly there.

One of my favs:
Philly slang = Gabagool
Correct pronunciation = Capacola (cah-pa-cola)

another:
PS = Mah-knee-GOAT
CP = Mah-knee-CO-tee

[WØTKX]

[kc7jty]

Ahma gonna tella you summa thing...
Please a no squeeza the banan.

[N2NH]

PS = Mah-knee-GOAT
CP = Mah-knee-CO-tee

Italian = Ma-na-GORT/GOT.

[kc7jty]

The Italian nationals that can speak English sound so cool with all the flare and melody of their first language applied to English.

[NQ6U]

The Italian nationals that can speak English sound so cool with all the flare and melody of their first language applied to English.

For sure. My grandparents were like that but there's a local ham I sometimes talk to on the repeater. Listening to him speak English is like listening to music.