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Oct 25, 2017, 5:44 am

#16

UKtravelbear

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I would rather is was pronounced 'crockmon sewer' than have one description of it related to me.

"Fried cheese and ham sandwich sir?'

Oct 25, 2017, 5:52 am

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Originally Posted by Cymro

Malpensa - i.e. MXP airport, north of Milan. (Apologies if that's stating the obvious, though highlighting "Malpenser" as an egregious example makes me wonder if I should pronounce it with more of an Italian flourish. As far as I can tell, you just need to do a Bruno Tonioli impression to pronounce it correctly).

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Originally Posted by Southlondonbonviveur

Lynnartay

Perhaps it was unfair of me to mention the pronunciation of MXP, but the locals pronounce the 's' as an 's', not as a 'z'.

Oct 25, 2017, 6:00 am

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I’m surprised that no-one has mentioned or compared it to the bmi cheese toastie

I’ll get my coat....

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Oct 25, 2017, 6:04 am

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Originally Posted by Misco60

(Why do Americans like to tell each other their life stories when travelling? By the end of that flight I knew exactly where every one of my fellow passengers was from, what they did, where they were going and why. They knew nothing about me)

It's not just Americans. I've been sitting plenty of times across the aisle from a businessman bragging to their seat neighbours or colleagues about their jobs/deals. It's particularly fun when you're a on a flight with >80% professional travellers. It's amazing how quickly employees forget about their confidentiality clause...

And then there are those that have their morning briefings on board. Guys, you look ridiculous working on your powerpoint presentation at 7 am on a 1 hour flight.

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Originally Posted by AlanA

The Frogs need to learn our language, like Disco, parachute, Helicopter, Braille, lactose, Oxide, beige, Mauve, and "we surrender" (oh wait, that last one is French)..........

you forgot Entrepreneur

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cymro

Malpensa - i.e. MXP airport, north of Milan.

I was looking for a dish ...

Oct 25, 2017, 6:08 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cymro

Ah! I thought you were still taking about food so I was confused

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Originally Posted by Southlondonbonviveur

Lynnartay

Oh my...

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Originally Posted by Up In The Air

Perhaps it was unfair of me to mention the pronunciation of MXP, but the locals pronounce the 's' as an 's', not as a 'z'.

Well, S are always s in Italian. It's not German :P

(I'm Italian native speaker, btw, but I have no clue about who Tonioli is

)

Oct 25, 2017, 6:25 am

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Was it pronounced " sewer" as in underground pipe, or " sewer" as one with a needle
and thread?

Oct 25, 2017, 6:25 am

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Oct 25, 2017, 6:28 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiger_lily

I’m surprised that no-one has mentioned or compared it to the bmi cheese toastie

I’ll get my coat....

I would, but the roof of my mouth is still recovering from the last one I had

Oct 25, 2017, 6:35 am

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Originally Posted by January87

First world problems...

Isn't the 'raison d'être' of this entire site based on first world problems?

Oct 25, 2017, 6:36 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SvenAge

"(I'm Italian native speaker, btw, but I have no clue about who Tonioli is )"

I believe he is a judge on a reality tv programme here, and he poses as an Italian. I'm not sure if he's real as he is quite over the top, even for an italian. There will be many videos of him on youtube. I think he may be a dance judge or something.

Yes - he's a judge on Strictly Come Dancing.

Pronounciation as a native is going to be a little different. Just as I pronounce cappuccino or spaghetti it doesn't mean it's less correct, as it were, than my Italian partner. If I pronounced cappuccino as I read it as a native English speaker, i.e. cap-ooh-see-no, that's obviously wrong.