Re: CHAT: Tacos et al.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Elliott Lash wrote:

> Roger Mills <romilly@...> writes:
>
> > The word pasta (as [pAst@]) was not used in this country until
> > fairly recently-- outside of areas with substantial Italian
> > population.  There was spaghetti and macaroni, period, usually in
> > Americanized versions that would have been anathema in the Old
> > Country.  Thanks to popular figures like Julia Child and her Italian
> > counterparts, we now know about manicotti, canelloni, mostaccioli,
> > ziti, penne, lasagne and all that happy tribe.  And, by and large, we
> > pronounce them correctly (tho I'm not sure I've spelled them
> > correctly!).
>
> [manI`got]  [can@`loni] [mostatS`joli] [zi:4i] [pEne] [l@zanj] and a new
> one:  mozzarella [mutsa`rEl]
I say:
/m{n@koti/ /k{nel8uni/ /mQst@tSQli/ /zi:ti/ /pEni/ /l@zAnj@/ /mQtz@r{l@/
(/A/=RP /V/)

Tristan