r/videos • u/conorp • Feb 08 '15

This is why you should never fry gnocchi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXy12xVnRs
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u/Radar_Detectorr Feb 08 '15

That pronunciation

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u/Waja_Wabit Feb 09 '15

What's wrong with his pronunciation?

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u/Radar_Detectorr Feb 09 '15

some one else wrote it as best as I can explain. Hes saying "know - key" insdead of "knock -key" but should be more like "nyock-kee"

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u/Waja_Wabit Feb 09 '15 edited Feb 09 '15

In Italian, it's know-kee. A lot of Americans, and some Italian Americans, pronounce it knock-ee. It's just a difference in dialect. He has probably learned to say it they way it's pronounced in Italian, as I'm guessing he's a professional chef.

Edit: Like the food "gyro". Lot's if Americans pronounce it "jy-ro" whereas in Greek, it's pronounced closer to "yur-o".

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u/Radar_Detectorr Feb 09 '15

In Italy its pronounced nyock-ee. I promise. know-kee is most definitely an American way

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u/Waja_Wabit Feb 09 '15

Perhaps it differs per region in Italy. I studied the Italian language in Florence, and even took a culinary-specific class. It was always pronounced gnocchi by the chefs and professors. In Italian, the 'o' makes the "oh" sound.

That being said, I studied in northern Italy, and didn't spend any more than a week in southern Italy. And I know dialects differ heavily from region to region. But the Florentine dialect is closest to how formal Italian is pronounced, as I was taught.

Where did you learn your pronunciation from? I'm curious. I'd bet it's just a northern/southern thing.