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Post by breetheflea on Nov 14, 2024 22:08:57 GMT
Spanakopita. The Greek spinach phyllo dish. I was watching the Great British Bake Off yesterday and it reminded me of when I went to order it as a side at a local restaurant recently and asked for it how I thought it was pronounced and the cashier repeated the word back pronounced differently and I kind of felt stupid for saying it wrong  After watching TV yesterday I googled and her pronunciation was not one of the two (British or American) pronunciations or the Greek pronunciation as far as I can tell... also the subtitles on GBBO spell phyllo as filo which I also need to look up... Just a curious, for fun, no drama question |
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Post by eventhinker on Nov 14, 2024 22:11:30 GMT
Spon a ko peta. Accent on the ko
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Post by Tearisci on Nov 14, 2024 22:12:18 GMT
Span- A-Cop-pitta. Emphasis on the Cop
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 14, 2024 22:15:20 GMT
hmmm...
span uh cope it uh
(as in fan) (halfway between 'cope' and 'cop')
(no idea if that's correct, though! lol)
And I have heard phyllo pronounced 'fee-low' as well as 'fi-low' dough.
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Post by leftturnonly on Nov 14, 2024 22:16:02 GMT
Very good question. I always want to say span-a-COP-it-ah because of the spelling. I've never heard it pronounced that way, so I know I must be way off.
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Post by nicolep on Nov 14, 2024 22:21:10 GMT
hmmm... span uh cope it uh
(as in fan) (halfway between 'cope' and 'cop') (no idea if that's correct, though! lol) And I have heard phyllo pronounced 'fee-low' as well as 'fi-low' dough. This! |
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 14, 2024 22:55:56 GMT
I have lots of Greek friends, and I have eaten loads of spanakopita (YUM!) so I am confident that I pronounce it correctly. It's pretty much as crimsoncat05 wrote it: span-uh-COPE-it-uh. And as she mentioned, I say the 'kop' part as a mixture of cope and cop. And I spell the pastry as 'filo'. I always give a little shudder when I read the word 'phyllo'.  ETA: And I pronounce filo as FEEL-oh (as opposed to FEE-low - there is a distinction!) |
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Post by Linda on Nov 14, 2024 23:16:21 GMT
spa-na-KO-pee-tah is how I would say it
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Post by gar on Nov 14, 2024 23:17:05 GMT
I have never ever seen the word phyllo before! 😄
Filo pronounced fee-low or fy-low works for me 😊
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Post by gillyp on Nov 14, 2024 23:45:13 GMT
I have lots of Greek friends, and I have eaten loads of spanakopita (YUM!) so I am confident that I pronounce it correctly. It's pretty much as crimsoncat05 wrote it: span-uh-COPE-it-uh. And as she mentioned, I say the 'kop' part as a mixture of cope and cop. And I spell the pastry as 'filo'. I always give a little shudder when I read the word 'phyllo'. ETA: And I pronounce filo as FEEL-oh (as opposed to FEE-low - there is a distinction!) Apart from not having one single Greek friend  I agree with all this. |
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Post by paulao on Nov 15, 2024 0:03:57 GMT
Span uh co pee tah. Even though it’s wrong, that’s how I say it, which is never.
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Post by melanell on Nov 15, 2024 0:15:37 GMT
I say:
span uh KO pee tuh
(rhymes with fan) (long O)
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Post by breetheflea on Nov 15, 2024 0:52:11 GMT
I pronounce it span-a- cop-pit-a which is apparently the British way (and I probably learned it that way from cooking shows on TV), but the cashier said it as Span-a-co- pee-ta emphasis on the pee... Span-a- co-pit-a is the American pronunciation (according to Google.) I will from now on forever order something else when I go to that particular take-out place so I never have to say that word out loud |
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Post by SnoopyFan on Nov 15, 2024 1:11:03 GMT
I have never ever seen the word phyllo before! 😄 Filo pronounced fee-low or fy-low works for me 😊 I work in a grocery store in the Frozen Foods department. Phyllo is with the frozen desserts, right next to the puff pastry. We pronounce it fee-low. I have heard customers say fee-low and fy-low.   |
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Post by disneypal on Nov 15, 2024 1:40:42 GMT
Span - ah - co - pea - tah
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Post by gar on Nov 15, 2024 9:38:21 GMT
I have never ever seen the word phyllo before! 😄 Filo pronounced fee-low or fy-low works for me 😊 I work in a grocery store in the Frozen Foods department. Phyllo is with the frozen desserts, right next to the puff pastry. We pronounce it fee-low. I have heard customers say fee-low and fy-low. Sorry, I meant that I am very familiar with filo pastry but I’ve never seen it spelled phyllo 😊 |
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Post by sueg on Nov 15, 2024 9:47:48 GMT
I have lots of Greek friends, and I have eaten loads of spanakopita (YUM!) so I am confident that I pronounce it correctly. It's pretty much as crimsoncat05 wrote it: span-uh-COPE-it-uh. And as she mentioned, I say the 'kop' part as a mixture of cope and cop. And I spell the pastry as 'filo'. I always give a little shudder when I read the word 'phyllo'. ETA: And I pronounce filo as FEEL-oh (as opposed to FEE-low - there is a distinction!)  Both the pronunciation and the spelling of filo. |
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 15, 2024 19:10:28 GMT
Span-eh-co-pee-tuh
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Post by don on Nov 15, 2024 20:36:38 GMT
It's got spinach, that would be "yuk"
I don’t know why brainwash gets such a bad rap. I would love to have a deep clean brainwash to clear out all the cobwebs and dust bunnies.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Nov 16, 2024 0:55:13 GMT
I don't think I've ever tried to say it. Would likely sheepishly ask for the "spinach pie." I do the same with avgolemono - I ask for the lemon rice soup.
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Post by tampascrapper on Nov 16, 2024 2:27:00 GMT
hmmm... span    uh   cope it uh
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I agree with all this. 
