Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Phenomenon for which no word yet exists #2:
The slight embarassment felt when ordering something in a restaurant and not being quite sure how much of a foreign pronunciation to affect.
e.g. "Hi. Yeah, I'll have one Quattro Stagione, please." (Kwat-ro staj-i-own/kwat-rrrro staaa-jii-on-ie/one of these... etc)
NB This is a similar but nonidentical problem to ordering something French, for instance pain au raisin, to a Spaniard in an Italian Café.
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The slight embarassment felt when ordering something in a restaurant and not being quite sure how much of a foreign pronunciation to affect.
e.g. "Hi. Yeah, I'll have one Quattro Stagione, please." (Kwat-ro staj-i-own/kwat-rrrro staaa-jii-on-ie/one of these... etc)
NB This is a similar but nonidentical problem to ordering something French, for instance pain au raisin, to a Spaniard in an Italian Café.
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