Why do people pronounce pizza like pizza?

The word pizza is from Italian and the spelling is still Italian in many languages (in all languages using Latin alphabets that I know of), in Italian it’s pronounced /pittsa/ with a “long” (or “double” as I would call it in Norwegian) t sound.

Why is pizza pronounced Peetza?

The Italian letter z is pronounced in a similar way to the English ts in “bits” – when it is doubled, there is a little pause between the t and the s sound. This is why when we say the word pizza we have to say it as though it were spelt “peet-sa”.

Who invented pizzas?

You know, the kind with tomato sauce, cheese, and toppings? That did start in Italy. Specifically, baker Raffaele Esposito from Naples is often given credit for making the first such pizza pie. Historians note, however, that street vendors in Naples sold flatbreads with toppings for many years before then.

How do you pronounce the Italian word pizza?

The word pizza is from Italian and the spelling is still Italian in many languages (in all languages using Latin alphabets that I know of), in Italian it’s pronounced /pittsa/ with a “long” (or “double” as I would call it in Norwegian) t sound.

What is the origin of the word pizza?

The origins of the word “pizza” are widely speculated but most of the speculation implies that the word originates from a variant of the Greek or Italian words for “bread” (“picea,” “pitta,” and many more have been suggested). I don’t know much about these languages but it would seem that none of these have a true “d” sound in them.

Why do North Indians say Kannada as Kannad instead of Naad?

The accent of North Indians is such that they don’t add ‘a’ to the words. For an instance, they say Tamil Naad for Tamil Nadu or Karnatak for Karnataka and etc. However Kanndigas can’t tolerate when they hear Kannada as Kannad.

Is [t] pronounced as [piʔts] or [piɾzə] in English?

Intervocalically, [t] can be realized as [ɾ], but never in a coda before a [z], as we have here. The word could be pronounced as [piʔtsə], with an extra glottal stop, or it could be pronounced as [pidzə], but it couldn’t be [piɾzə] or [piɾsə] in English — those are impossible.