Anise Pronunciation

[Steddy]

How do you think this guy says it? I’d just go with that.

 

[MattRVA]

I don’t worry about what other people think about the way I pronounce words, I think it’s childish. I dated a Cuban girl for years and she introduced me to anise. She pronounced it A-Niece so that’s what stuck with me.

 

[Steddy]

I don’t want to say Pa-ree for Paris. I don’t want to say Cwah-sohn for Croissant. I’m not saying A-niece is the same level as those pronunciations but it’s in the ballpark. I could be wrong and I will not block your posts if you pronounce things like a Francophile. It takes all kinds.

 

[MattRVA]

I don’t want to say Pa-ree for Paris. I don’t want to say Cwah-sohn for Croissant. I’m not saying A-niece is the same level as those pronunciations but it’s in the ballpark. I could be wrong and I will not block your posts if you pronounce things like a Francophile. It takes all kinds.

I’m not above judging people, that’s for sure. I try not to but it happens, especially mispronounced words. I’m a prick that way but I usually just keep it to myself.

 

[Steddy]

All right, I’ve got to come clean. I always pronounced it ANN-is until some one corrected me. From that point on, like our OP, I flip flopped between the two pronunciations, never knowing Anise’s place in the pronunciation world.

I converted back to the church of ANN-is a few years ago after being corrected again, this time by a twenty something year old snobby hipster. F*** him and the dictionary he rode in on. ANN-is forever.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I had to spend a day with a printmaker from Great Britain or England, whatever they call that island these days, and if pronouncing anise drives you guys bonkers, try spending it with a British guy who has to say aluminum in every sentence. They don't even spell it correctly. They add the word "mini" right in the middle of it. We were doing aluminum plate lithography, and he said the word so many times that I just stopped the wanker and told him that if he couldn't say it correctly, just call it a plate. Hearing him say that over and over was like someone raking their fingernails down a chalkboard.

 

[warren]

Don't take offense if a Brit asks to borrow a rubber.

 

[SBC]

I had to spend a day with a printmaker from Great Britain or England, whatever they call that island these days, and if pronouncing anise drives you guys bonkers, try spending it with a British guy who has to say aluminum in every sentence. They don't even spell it correctly. They add the word "mini" right in the middle of it. We were doing aluminum plate lithography, and he said the word so many times that I just stopped the wanker and told him that if he couldn't say it correctly, just call it a plate. Hearing him say that over and over was like someone raking their fingernails down a chalkboard.

Haha, I'd forgotten about that one -- "ahloo-MIN-ee-uhm" ...
Many British pronunciations sound sagacious to American ears. This one. Does. Not.

 

[proteus]

Like a lot of people I pronounce it Licorice.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Haha, I'd forgotten about that one -- "ahloo-MIN-ee-uhm" ...
Many British pronunciations sound sagacious to American ears. This one. Does. Not.

Where do they get the second i from in aluminum?
ah-lu-MINI-uhm… Uggg, just grates.

It also grates to hear a newscaster mispronounce “February” or “Arctic” dropping the first r to say Febuary or the c to make Artic. But, not nearly as bad a aluMINIum… uggg.

 

[ThermionicScott]

"Feb-You-Ary" has bugged me for most of my life now.

 

[bullet08]

I know it's pronounced "ah-nus". But I just call it "asshole".

 

[Egg Shen]

I know it's pronounced "ah-nus". But I just call it "asshole".

Agree. The woman stocking the produce aisle always looks at me strangely when I ask for it. So I skip all the beating around the bush and clarify that I’m looking for straight butthole. It’s usually located near the back door but they often escort me out the front