I won't argue with you, of course you're right, you're a native Italian! You can argue! After all, Italian has many variants and I can speak only for mine. After doing some search on the internet, I've found this dictionary where

zhengquan schrieb: Most people where? They will think you speak well. Blue Sow The Collins Cobuild English Dictionary pronounces the new way, and no other alternatives, and American English Dictionaries all pronounce the ... That is great if s

See below (from M-W Online): Main Entry: shal·lot Pronunciation: sh&-'lät also 'sha-l&t Function: noun Etymology: modification of French échalote, from ... herb (Allium cepa aggregatum) that resembles an onion and produces small

I have read that scallions, shallots, green onions, and spring onions are used as names for the same thing. Not shallots. See below (from M-W Online): Main Entry: shal·lot Pronunciation: sh&-'lät also 'sha-l&t Function: noun

"R*" schrieb: The pioneers and cowboys used to call the grasslands of ... Or did the grassland get its name from the brush? The reference is probably to the sagebrush plains of western North America. Sage itself is a plant of the mint

Dena Jo: Christopher Green: I'm glad someone asked that here. I saw his weird hand motion and eventually spotted the crank, but it sure didn't help me identify what on earth that thing was. Zantow: Missed it, dammit! Was he singing songs

Is 'aluminium' a BrE word like 'honour', 'colour' etc? Yes, except that it is not just a matter of spelling; there is a striking difference in pronunciation, the stress being on the extra syllable. As Britishisms go,

Because sometimes phonetic spelling resembles eye dialect. Take the example ... in print, they might very well pronounce it like "onset." Why would this be any less insulting than any other use of phonetic spelling might be. Isn't