How do you pronounce risotto?

[Zombine]

Mootz a relly

 

[Deleted member 48897]

*puts thumb against the tip of his fingers* rizoot'

 

[cakely]

ri zoh tow

 

[The Albatross]

I was sarcastically going to say the first one not thinking it'd be an actual option...

That's the name of one of the enemy families in the Godfather. The Risaaahto brothers.

 

[Anchelepizze]

Risottino
That's how I roll

 

[Marshall]

Saw? Who are you heathens

edit: oh Gordon Ramsay, he can't pronounce for shit

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Don't you dare bad mouth Gordon you fucking donkey!

 

[gutter_trash]

s in Italian between two vowels becomes a soft z sound

 

[shaneo632]

"Meh-rio"

 

[Praxis]

"Riz-otto"

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This

 

[KingTrainJumper]

I pronounce it the second way.

 

[DevilMayGuy]

Don't you dare bad mouth Gordon you fucking donkey!

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Lmao for real he doesn't even try. He calls tortillas tohTAYaahs

 

[Chivalry]

The way the japanese intended

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Bless the japanese.

 

[Tuorom]

Riz-Ahmed-Toe

 

[sfedai0]

The s is silent.

 

[Deleted member 17388]

Reese-Otto

 

[Sanjuro]

Rizzuto

 

[LukeOP]

Expensive rice-a-roni.

 

[Giever]

rih zoh toe

 

[Deleted member 25600]

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That's the one

 

[Sacco e Vanzetti]

s in Italian between two vowels becomes a soft z sound

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It's pronounced differently in (some regions of) central and southern Italy, but both are correct.

 

[ToddBonzalez]

risa-TOE. heavy emphasis on the last syllable.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Rye Sought Oh

 

[excelsiorlef]

Rice-a-roni.

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The Sahn Frahn Siss Coh treat

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Don't you dare bad mouth Gordon you fucking donkey!

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It's fuckin hee hawin mate

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I don't know whether I ever said the word before watching this episode of Seinfeld, so I just sort of adopted this way of saying it.

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This.

 

[gutter_trash]

It's pronounced differently in (some regions of) central and southern Italy, but both are correct.

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Oh interesting

 

[jesu]

Riz aw toe

 

[Noaloha]

Pronunciation threads on Era are fuckin wild.

Give me some 'as in' examples: rhymes or otherwise, give me some emphasis on syllables.

R as just a hard leading consonant, no vowel after.
Zo with o as in box, emphasis on this syllable.
Toe as in the English word.

 

[Kyoufu]

Risottoera

 

[Citizencope]

Riz-Oh-Toe