Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
Cindi wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
> Cindi
Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me! Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL
On 24 Mar 2007 09:34:13 -0700, "Cindi" <CARA1...@AOL.COM> wrote:
>Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian >pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity >to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I >know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
She's doing the same thing that hispanic reporters do. They really get into the pronunciation when it comes to Spanish, especially their names - "I'm Rigo Chacon, Channel 2 News".
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
> Cindi
Since she's bilingual (or more?), it only makes sense (to me). I'd like to be able to speak another language, but alas, I don't. Does high school french count?
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:40:34 -0400, Goomba38 <goomb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Cindi wrote: >> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian >> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity >> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I >> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>> Cindi
>Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me! >Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL
Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
Cindi wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
> Cindi
She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she used an American pronunciation for Italian words.
Lou Decruss wrote: >> Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me! >> Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. LOL
> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as > horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
She reminds me of a bobble head doll. Big exaggerated features on a stick figure. Weird. I like her food though.
> "Puester" <pues...@worldnet.att.net> wrote >> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she >> used an American pronunciation for Italian words. > She was born in tally!
Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says spaGITee.
> > "Puester" <pues...@worldnet.att.net> wrote > >> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she > >> used an American pronunciation for Italian words. > > She was born in tally!
> Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says > spaGITee.
> nancy
I think her recipes are great and her food is good. However, the camera does sometimes make it look like she has a big head and teeth. Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and snack food producers is really getting to me.
> On Mar 24, 1:43 pm, "Nancy Young" <rjy...@comcast.net> wrote: >> "Laura" <thehappyw...@myrealbox.com> wrote
>> > "Puester" <pues...@worldnet.att.net> wrote >> >> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she >> >> used an American pronunciation for Italian words. >> > She was born in tally!
>> Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says >> spaGITee. > I think her recipes are great and her food is good. However, the > camera does sometimes make it look like she has a big head and teeth.
I think she's beautiful.
> Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and > snack food producers is really getting to me.
You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off.
Cindi wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
> Cindi
That doesn't bother me. The size of her mouth does. She looks like she's gonna swallow her own head if she yawns. But I think she can cook ok.
Puester wrote: > Cindi wrote: >> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian >> pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity >> to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I >> know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>> Cindi
> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if she used an > American pronunciation for Italian words.
> gloria p
True. And after having been here in Naples for 2 months I must say that there isn't ANYTHING understated about the way Italians pronounce their words.
Cindi wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
> Cindi
I have a part friend that can't watch Giada without getting physically ill over her accent.
I, on the other hand, find her absolutely enchanting.
I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.
Don't put yourself down as being "just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl"; I'd kill to have "a plain ole middle class Joisey girl" in my life....
> Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise.
>>> Well.. her Italian is way better than mine, so it doesn't bother me! >>> Now, looking at her makes me a little queasy but that's another issue. >>> LOL
>> Roflmao. I like watching her,,,,,,,BUT around here she's known as >> horse head - mouse face. She's so odd looking she's attractive.
> She reminds me of a bobble head doll. Big exaggerated features on a stick > figure. Weird. > I like her food though.
>> I haven't tried her recipes, but I find her very attractive.
> There's one recipe she made that I liked but haven't made.
> I don't remember the name of the dish but it was basically lasagna noodle > and > filling roll-ups baked in a bechamel (?) sauce.
> Andy
Oh, try it. It's good. You can find the recipe on the Food Network site. I make it frequently. I thought that I had copied the recipe to my recipe file -- if I did, I don't know where I put it. I'll have to find it again. Janet
One time on Usenet, ravenlynne <ravenly...@yahoo.com> said:
> Cindi wrote: > > Is it just me, or does anyone else find Giada's emphatic Italian > > pronunciation of everything slightly annoying? It sounds a bit uppity > > to me. But I'm just a plain ole middle class Joisey girl, whaddoo I > > know? I like her shows and her recipes, otherwise. > That doesn't bother me. The size of her mouth does. She looks like > she's gonna swallow her own head if she yawns. But I think she can cook ok.
Yup, that girl's got a big face. But I've noticed that no one has complained about her cooking, so she must be decent at it. IOW, she's no Sandra Lee when she's behind the range... ;-)
In article <q5adnW9mA9s89ZjbnZ2dnUVZ_qWvn...@comcast.com>, rjy...@comcast.net says...
> > Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and > > snack food producers is really getting to me.
> You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off.
> nancy
Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers. There is a great preference for some inane, perky-titted numbskull over any serious chef.
Where is Mario Batali? Annoying as he was, he knew his ingredients and knew how to cook, and one could learn from him. Where is Pepin? He knows more about cooking than 1000 Rays and Emerils and Giadas and Countesses and Flays all put together.
FoodTV panders to the lowest level of the audience, and I bet they are very successful. As H.L. Mwncken said, you'll never go broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
Peter A wrote: > Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a > personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally > abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers.
No, I don't see it...because I stopped tuning in about that time. They lost me a couple of years ago. And apparently they don't care or notice because they're not doing higher quality shows anymore to cater to folks like me. They've gone to the lowest common denominator and catered to the advertisers too much.
> rjy...@comcast.net says... >> You can't take it away from her, she works her ass off. > Doesn't anybody else see what I see? FoodTV has degenerated into a > personality-fest, pablum for the nitwits, and has almost totally > abandoned the idea of teaching serious cooking to the viewers. There is > a great preference for some inane, perky-titted numbskull over any > serious chef.
People say that all the time. That's been commented on many times.
> Where is Mario Batali? Annoying as he was, he knew his ingredients and > knew how to cook, and one could learn from him. Where is Pepin? He knows > more about cooking than 1000 Rays and Emerils and Giadas and Countesses > and Flays all put together.
I don't know. It's their stated goal, it's not just cooking. Mario seems to be on the Iron Chef show, and after watching his Chefography, I have no idea how he finds time to do that.
> FoodTV panders to the lowest level of the audience, and I bet they are > very successful. As H.L. Mwncken said, you'll never go broke > underestimating the taste of the American public.
Americans love to quote that. Usually they mean some American public that doesn't include themselves, I guess.
jwwstp...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mar 24, 1:43 pm, "Nancy Young" <rjy...@comcast.net> wrote: >> "Laura" <thehappyw...@myrealbox.com> wrote
>>> "Puester" <pues...@worldnet.att.net> wrote >>>> Cindi wrote:> She grew up in an Italian household. I'd annoyed if >>>> she used an American pronunciation for Italian words. >>> She was born in tally!
>> Yes, but she doesn't have an Italian accent until she says >> spaGITee.
>> nancy
> I think her recipes are great and her food is good. However, the > camera does sometimes make it look like she has a big head and teeth. > Now Rachel Ray and the latest "whoring" herself out to the media and > snack food producers is really getting to me.
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