Monday, October 26, 2009

Random Thoughts on the English Language #20: Pizza Pizzazz!

If "pizza" is pronounced "peet-za" and "mozzarella" as "mot-za-rella", shouldn't the word "pizzazz" be "peet-zazz"? or even "peet-zat-z"?

6 comments:

CJ said...

Bomb (bahmb), comb (cohm), tomb (toom)....

j said...

Yes, there are many such issues with our mutt of a language. This was just one I was thinking of today at lunch time. :)

CJ said...

Just thought I'd contribute my own. :D

j said...

Yeah, definitely some crazy choices in that group. I saw a kid do a comedy routine with flip charts and stuff at a talent show when I was growing up (that I assume he stole from someone else) using those words and others. Have you seen the same routine?

CJ said...

Gallagher. That's where I got it.

Larissa said...

Oh boy:-)