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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I always thought the mispronunciation was more of a puhscetti than a buhsgetti

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I've encountered both. The two I mentioned got the point across.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    We say spuhghetti around these parts.

    I feel like I'm misunderstanding the joke though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    They're talking about when young Italian kids are first learning the word do they mispronounce it the same way.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm just confused on the buh part. I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The pronunciations you have in your head are mispronunciations that some children & uneducated people use.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yes, that's why OP is asking if Italian children make similar mispronunciations. Like is it an artifact of learning a word that sounds like that in general or of learning it in the context of English specifically?

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