The cold, creamy leek and potato soup known as vichyssoise is French in origin. Even the most skilled chefs and foodies, however, may not pronounce vichyssoise correctly when they say "vi-shee-SWAH." To remain true to the French roots of the word, the last syllable should be said "SWA...
9. Pho fuh It's tempting to pronounce this popular Vietnamese dish of noodles served in broth as "FOE." But it's actually "fuh," kind of like saying fur without the r, almost exactly like the French word for fire, "feu." Indeed, some say this dish was influenced by F...
Tasty Bowl of Pho You're supposed to call this "fuh" even though it looks like 'fo" and that makes you uncomfortable so you haven't tried it. It's pretty good, though. It sure beats canned soup... or the can of whoop-ass Texas Tech unleashed on the Texas Longhorns when they beat...
Pronouncing Lubbock used to be a regular debate around here, and things would get heated. Back in the day, about every three months (it seemed like anyways) a fight would break out on the newspaper's editorial pages about how to pronounce 'Lubbock.' These fights would generally coincide wit...