16 Common Foods You're Probably Mispronouncing
By Editorial Staff

The only thing more embarrassing than dropping a tomato-filled plate of bruschetta on your pants might be mispronouncing the dish that made the mess in question in the first place. Though the below foods are menu staples across America, you might be ordering them wrong.
1. BRUSCHETTA
Don’t say: Broo-sheh-tuh
Instead say: Broo-SKET-tuh
2. SRIRACHA
Don’t say: Sree-rah-cha
Instead say: SEE-rah-cha (Don't believe it? Ask the maker.)
3. MARASCHINO CHERRY
Don’t say: Mare-uh-sheeno
Instead say: Mare-uh-SKEENO
> > > These foods actually have different names in the U.K.
4. ANISE
Don’t say: Ah-nees
Instead say: ANN-iss
5. JICAMA
Don’t say: Hick-uh-muh
Instead say: HEE-kuh-mah
> > > You also might be mispronouncing these popular company names.
6. GYRO
Don’t say: Jy-roe
Instead say: YEE-roe
7. AÇAÍ
Don’t say: Ah-kai
Instead say: Ah-SIGH-ee
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8. BOUILLABAISSE
Don’t say: Bool-yah-bays
Instead say: BOO-yah-BESS
9. PHO
Don’t say: Foe
Instead say: FUH
10. ENDIVE
Don’t say: En-dive
Instead say: On-DEEV
11. WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
Don’t say: Wore-chester-shire
Instead say: WOOS-TUH-SHURE
12. LYCHEE
Don’t say: Lie-chee
Instead say: LEE-chee
13. GNOCCHI
Don’t say: No-key
Instead say: NYOH-key
14. CRUDITÉS
Don’t say: Krew-dites
Instead say: Krew-dih-TAY
15. SAKE
Don’t say: Socky
Instead say: Sah-KAY
16. ESPRESSO
Don’t say: Ex-press-oh
Instead say: ESS-press-oh