most of their first time hearing the country name spoken aloud was from a dude w a pretty thick southern accent so thats my guess.
webersaurusrex on
For me, it’s because I am from Buffalo NY. Our accents are rough. I’m working on it. LOL
NastyPrismsGoodSir on
I feel like the people prejudice against Italian immigrants would say Eye-Talian, but not Eye-Taly.
MCBbbbuddha on
They can say Italy, but they also say Eye-talians
mcaffrey on
Hmm, I think I say “er-raq” and “er-ran”.
Reallyboringname2 on
Eye don’t know.
Successful_Basket399 on
Watched Sinners the other day and I really liked it when they said “EYE-talian” beer.
gunslinger_006 on
My mother in law calls it “eye-talian food” so yeah….
Double-decker_trams on
This is so stupid. English is known for having very little regularity on its spelling rules.
WHY DO AMERICANS INSIST ON SAYING **EYE-RLAND** AND **EYE-CLAND**; YET THEY CAN SAY **INDONESIA**?
Just someone working really hard to find something to be offended by.
keesouth on
But the will definitely say someone is eye-talian. Don’t get me started on ay-rab.
mvgreene on
A Persian comedian I know used to say it’s not a Flock Of Seagulls…
joshuaaa_l on
Jokes on you, my grandparents say eye-talian food
married9 on
Eye que sounds like the stat you forget to level up in real life suddenly every obvious clue goes completely unnoticed. Happens to the best of us.
RandomCalamity on
lol at the idea of consistency in English pronunciation.
xanoran84 on
To annoy you personally, Carolyn
Rip_Tide222222 on
Because that’s how the newscasters say it who mirror the woefully uneducated politicians who say it
Timely_Split_5771 on
I genuinely did not know I was pronouncing it wrong. This is just how I always heard it spoken, but now I know. Thanks op
Shower__Farts on
Let’s not be jerks about this, as a lot of people mispronounce words and countries and do so unknowingly. The only reason I learned to pronounce these countries’ names correctly is that one time on CNN, almost 20 years ago, Christiane Amanpour stopped a segment to tell the audience how to correctly say the names of Iran and Iraq.
HEFTYFee70 on
I know a few eye-talians…
Jazzkidscoins on
Where I grew up a lot of people said It-Lee. I had to force myself to learn to say it correctly for my art history class in college. Of course nothing helps your motivation more than a whole class laughing the first time you say it then going real quiet when they realize you are not making a joke
Responsible_Sink3044 on
Well it’s supposed to be Italia so it’s not like they’re getting that right either
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lol
What
eye-guess 🤷🏽♂️
most of their first time hearing the country name spoken aloud was from a dude w a pretty thick southern accent so thats my guess.
For me, it’s because I am from Buffalo NY. Our accents are rough. I’m working on it. LOL
I feel like the people prejudice against Italian immigrants would say Eye-Talian, but not Eye-Taly.
They can say Italy, but they also say Eye-talians
Hmm, I think I say “er-raq” and “er-ran”.
Eye don’t know.
Watched Sinners the other day and I really liked it when they said “EYE-talian” beer.
My mother in law calls it “eye-talian food” so yeah….
This is so stupid. English is known for having very little regularity on its spelling rules.
WHY DO AMERICANS INSIST ON SAYING **EYE-RLAND** AND **EYE-CLAND**; YET THEY CAN SAY **INDONESIA**?
Just someone working really hard to find something to be offended by.
But the will definitely say someone is eye-talian. Don’t get me started on ay-rab.
A Persian comedian I know used to say it’s not a Flock Of Seagulls…
Jokes on you, my grandparents say eye-talian food
Eye que sounds like the stat you forget to level up in real life suddenly every obvious clue goes completely unnoticed. Happens to the best of us.
lol at the idea of consistency in English pronunciation.
To annoy you personally, Carolyn
Because that’s how the newscasters say it who mirror the woefully uneducated politicians who say it
I genuinely did not know I was pronouncing it wrong. This is just how I always heard it spoken, but now I know. Thanks op
Let’s not be jerks about this, as a lot of people mispronounce words and countries and do so unknowingly. The only reason I learned to pronounce these countries’ names correctly is that one time on CNN, almost 20 years ago, Christiane Amanpour stopped a segment to tell the audience how to correctly say the names of Iran and Iraq.
I know a few eye-talians…
Where I grew up a lot of people said It-Lee. I had to force myself to learn to say it correctly for my art history class in college. Of course nothing helps your motivation more than a whole class laughing the first time you say it then going real quiet when they realize you are not making a joke
Well it’s supposed to be Italia so it’s not like they’re getting that right either
This made me giggle lol
Blame George W Bush for that one