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”.
Since /ts/ isn't native to Spanish, speakers substitute it for something else. Some might drop the /t/ thus saying [pisa] and others dissimilate the /t/ to a /k/ since, unlike /ts/, /ks/ does exist in Spanish.
This is because pizza is an Italian word. In Italian, two zeds together are pronounced 'tz', 'paparazzi ' being another example. English happily absorbs words from many languages, often retaining the spelling and pronunciation of the original language.
The 'pizza' is the name of the dish and the 'peetza' or (pittsa) is the correct way, how it should be pronounced. Most of the people pronounce it incorrectly as 'pizza', while correct pronunciation is 'peetza'. In the Italian alphabet, the /tts/ sound is written "zz", so they spell it "
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”.
The Italians use a variety of terms to describe their pizza. Crostata and torta are both used to describe savory and sweet pies, and pizza is a singular word that represents only one dish.
ZA (often styled in print as 'za) is a slang shortening of the word pizza. You may be surprised at the slang found on the tournament SCRABBLE board: BRO, HOMEY, and YO are all accepted words.
Cornmeal is usually used to keep the pizza from sticking to the baking surface, and doesn't usually taste particularly good, and is extremely grainy in texture. IMHO, cornmeal is essential to getting the right crunch on a pizza.
Originally Answered: What's the little triangle table on the middle of pizza for? To keep the box from collapsing onto the top of the pizza. Not so much if you only get one pizza, but when you order multiple pies and they stack them up, the little table thing will help support the upper pies.
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People with origins from Latin America or the Caribbean may consider themselves as Latino or Hispanic, or prefer neither and consider their race to be their country of origin (such as Colombian, Dominican, or Mexican-American).
In general, "Latino" is understood as shorthand for the Spanish word latinoamericano (or the Portuguese latino-americano) and refers to (almost) anyone born in or with ancestors from Latin America and living in the U.S., including Brazilians.
The phrase was first used in New York City, the first American city to introduce pizza from Italy. In addition to referring to a large slice, New Yorkers also refers to a single slice as a pie.
The most expensive pizza in the world is considered to be the "Louis XIII" pizza, which is named after the King of France. It is sold at the Renato Viola pizzeria in Salerno, Italy, and its price can go up to €1,000 (approximately $1,200) per pie.
Americans refer to pizza as “pie” because early 20th century Italian immigrants to the United States made and sold a pizza called a “pomidore pizza”. This unknown Italian food was translated to “tomato pie” in English due to being round and cut into slices.
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Most French words ending in a vowel (like 'a'), especially 'e' + a double consonant, or 'ssion' or 'tion' are feminine. Pizza is an Italian word anyway, and Italian words ending in 'a' are almost always feminine, for example: Ragazza (girl), penna (pen), casa (home), macchina (car) etc.
Well in Italian, it's pronounced /ˈpit. tsa/, and when the word was borrowed into English, it kept that T sound. In the Italian alphabet, the /tts/ sound is written “zz”, so they spell it “pizza”, and when the word was borrowed into English, its spelling stayed the same too Americans pronounce pizza like this: PEETsa.
