Starbuck Question?

[AndyR]

How the heck do you pronounce Macchiatto?!?!? Everytime I order one I get told a different way to say it. I'm at the stage now where I just point and say "the caramel thing" 🙂

 

[kretzy]

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced mac-i-are-toe.

Why is this posted in the Current Events Forum?

 

[Queso]

Mack-ee-ah-toe in Italy. And they should know 😎

 

[combatcolin]

Not THAT Starbuck then.

😛

 

[Queso]

Not THAT Starbuck then.

😛

Funnily enough, exactly why I originally clicked on the thread 😀

 

[dalvin200]

Rocky Macchiatto - great boxer 😛

 

[mkrishnan]

Funnily enough, exactly why I originally clicked on the thread 😀

Yes, it's true. It's not her baby. It was all a sham. Get over it! 😱 😀

Now the real question is, will she be able to live with Anders?

 

[AndyR]

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced mac-i-are-toe.

Why is this posted in the Current Events Forum?

Thanks....Didn't realise I posted it in Current Events sorry. Too many tabs open!

 

[AlexH]

Mack-ee-ah-toe in Italy. And they should know 😎

Sounds right to me. That's the way I've always said it...

 

[PlaceofDis]

Mack-ee-ah-toe in Italy. And they should know 😎

thats the way i say it too. and i believe its correct.

edit: actually... Mach-ee-ah-toe is how i say it.

 

[vniow]

Not THAT Starbuck then.

😛

*whew*

Glad I wasn't the only one. Yummy yummy Starbuck, mmm....

 

[Queso]

edit: actuall... Mach-ee-ah-toe is how i say it.

That's wrong. In Italian, the english "ch" sound comes when an e or an i directly follow a c, or sometimes after an apostrophe (e.g. C'e or amici). So for your pronouciation to work, macchiato would have to be spelt without the h after the second c.

In the meantime, a c followed by an h in Italian is pronounced similar to the English "k".

Just as a side note, "Latte Macchiato" means "Stained Milk". They tend to call the drink that in Italy rather than the Starbucks "Caffe Macchiato". Stained Coffee doesn't make much sense 😉

 

[PlaceofDis]

That's wrong. In Italian, the english "ch" sound comes when an e or an i directly follow a c, or sometimes after an apostrophe (e.g. C'e or amici). So for your pronouciation to work, macchiato would have to be spelt without the h after the second c.

In the meantime, a c followed by an h in Italian is pronounced similar to the English "k".

Just as a side note, "Latte Macchiato" means "Stained Milk". They tend to call the drink that in Italy rather than the Starbucks "Caffe Macchiato". Stained Coffee doesn't make much sense 😉

i think we're both confusing each other due to the stresses and such being left out. i wrote "Mach" because is pronounce it as in Mach 3 because i took your Mack to be more like a Mack Truck sound. ::shrug::

 

[Hummer]

I've been to way more than enough starbucks (there are only 52 I actually counted) to be able to firmly tell you that it's pronounced mah-ki-aht-toe

 

[Queso]

i think we're both confusing each other due to the stresses and such being left out. i wrote "Mach" because is pronounce it as in Mach 3 because i took your Mack to be more like a Mack Truck sound. ::shrug::

Ah okay. I thought you were being all phonetic. Sorry 🙂

I've been to way more than enough starbucks (there are only 52 I actually counted) to be able to firmly tell you that it's pronounced mah-ki-aht-toe

All together now.

"Macchiato. Mahcchiato. Macchiato. Mahcchiato. Let's call the whole thing off."

😀

 

[comictimes]

actually... Mach-ee-ah-toe is how i say it.

same here (with "mach" as described above)
or it could be written as mah-kee-aw-toe... it all sounds and tastes the same 😛

 

[MarkCollette]

i think we're both confusing each other due to the stresses and such being left out. i wrote "Mach" because is pronounce it as in Mach 3 because i took your Mack to be more like a Mack Truck sound. ::shrug::

Hmm, good point, is it more of mack/hack/sack or more mock/hawk/sock ?

 

[clayj]

How the heck do you pronounce Macchiatto?!?!? Everytime I order one I get told a different way to say it. I'm at the stage now where I just point and say "the caramel thing" 🙂

MAH-key-ah-tow.

 

[Queso]

i think we're both confusing each other due to the stresses and such being left out. i wrote "Mach" because is pronounce it as in Mach 3 because i took your Mack to be more like a Mack Truck sound. ::shrug::

Something just occurred to me. You say Mach (as in Mach 3) like Mark don't you?

I say Mach like "Mack", which is why I thought you meant something similar to "Match". No wonder we're confused. 😀

Damn English languages 😛

But it's definitely like "Mack" in Macchiato. It's an Italian word, therefore the Italians have it right.

 

[thedude110]

Are we talking about Melville yet?

 

[crazycat]

Mack-ee-ah-toe in Italy. And they should know 😎

Thats how i say it and i had no problems with it. I would recommend the Ca-ra-mel Mack-ee-ah-toe.

 

[takao]

Something just occurred to me. You say Mach (as in Mach 3) like Mark don't you?

I say Mach like "Mack", which is why I thought you meant something similar to "Match". No wonder we're confused. 😀

Damn English languages 😛

if only "Mach" would be english 😉
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Mach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch_(digraph)#Voiceless_palatal_fricative

i simply had too 😉

 

[Queso]

if only "Mach" would be english 😉

Fair enough. I stand corrected on that then 😀

 

[azzurri000]

I've been to way more than enough starbucks (there are only 52 I actually counted) to be able to firmly tell you that it's pronounced mah-ki-aht-toe

That's also how I say it... I believe that is also the correct italian pronunciation of the word.

 

[Lyle]

Are we talking about Melville yet?

I thought this was a thread about that guy from the "Karate Kid" movies. 😕