One night, I was telling my stepdad about this commercial I saw using the word "pancetta". I knew that it was Italian (for bacon) and the (soft) "c" was pronounced like the English "ch". He then told me it was pronounced like the "c" was an "s". I told him that is was pronounced like "ch". He disagreed. I told him that it was an Italian word, and in Italian you pronounce a soft "c" like "ch". He STILL disagreed. Obviously, I wasn't going to get anywhere so I changed the subject.
My question is, has something like this happened to you, where someone disagreed with you on language issues, thinking they were correct and trying to convince you that they were right even though you knew that you were right? What happened? What word/phrase/etc. was it?
2007-08-21
08:22:04
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Zach
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