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Correct ways to say commonly mispronounced food words

THESE are the everyday words you would use when it comes to food, and you will be surprised at how many you are mispronouncing.

AS Aussie foodies grow in numbers, so do the number of mispronounced food-related words.

The good people at digtoknow have had enough of the constant mispronunciation of foods such as Quinoa and even Cocoa so they have put together a handy bunch of digital cards to show us exactly how to pronounce the commonly mispronounced food words.

There is no ‘x’ when you say it. Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com</a>
There is no ‘x’ when you say it. Photo: digtoknow.com
Don’t pronounce the L. Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com </a>
Don’t pronounce the L. Photo: digtoknow.com
No ‘l’ in the pronunciation. Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com</a>
No ‘l’ in the pronunciation. Photo: digtoknow.com
Just pretend the u is an o. Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com</a>
Just pretend the u is an o. Photo: digtoknow.com
Think, it’s for ‘us’ when saying it. Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com</a>
Think, it’s for ‘us’ when saying it. Photo: digtoknow.com
Don’e get fancy, just say it as you see it. Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com</a>
Don’e get fancy, just say it as you see it. Photo: digtoknow.com
How were we supposed to know that? Photo: <a href="http://digtoknow.com/" title="digtoknow.com">digtoknow.com</a>
How were we supposed to know that? Photo: digtoknow.com

Originally published as Correct ways to say commonly mispronounced food words

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