Insider released a food dictionary of the 30 most commonly mispronounced foods, and hummus made the list. Apparently, “many people mistakenly pronounce it as “HUHM-uhs.” In reality, it should be pronounced “HOOM-uhs.”
Additionally, how do Arabic people pronounce hummus?
Hummus. No, it’s not humm-iss. It’s homm-us.
In this manner, how do you pronounce hummus in Australia?
A: Because due to regional dialects, there are a LOT of variants – of which “houmous” is most popular in Britain. However, here in Australia, Macquarie Dictionary doesn’t even list that one, instead opting for “hoummos”, “hoummus”, “hommus” or “hommos” as alternatives to its main “hummus” entry.
How is tzatziki pronounced?
Let’s just get this out of the way (if you’re wondering how to pronounce tzatziki you are not alone)—tzatziki is pronounced tsah-see-key. Think of that first syllable “tsah” as the same as the sound you make when you say the second syllable of “pizza”. Phew.
How is gyro pronounced?
That gyro has two main pronunciations: /YEE-roh/ and /ZHIHR-oh/. The sandwich gyro was borrowed into English from Modern Greek in the 1970s and English speakers have given it an approximation of the Greek pronunciation. The earlier gyro has been fully phonetically anglicized.
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Why is bruschetta pronounced?
The word bruschetta derives from Roman dialect, where bruscare is the verb, “to toast or roast”. English speakers often mispronounce bruschetta because they pronounce the “sch” sound as “sh”, as is typical of the English language. In Italian the “ch” always produces a “k” sound.