Pizza. Do you call it 'pie'?

[Ambrus]

Because the 'zz' in Italian is always pronounced like 'ts'. Since the word was borrowed from the Italian, and saying 'peetsah' isn't difficult for English speakers, the original pronunciation (more or less) was borrowed along with it.

Ah, good to know there's actually a reason.

I always thought it was a K, as if it were "Peek-sah" or spelled "pixa."

Okay, now you're just messing with me right?

 

[Crothian]

Ya, it's a pie

 

[Jdvn1]

Okay, now you're just messing with me right?

Why, did I have you going there?

 

[IronWolf]

I occasionally refer it to pizza pie. Often enough I guess to not look oddly at others who mention it that way.

 

[Ambrus]

Why, did I have you going there?

Now I'm tempted to go to a restaurant and try ordering "pixa" just to see how the waiter reacts.

I knew some people who just refer to it as "zah".

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Pie seems to be an East-Coast Term.

I grew up in Ohio & I occassionaly heard the term Pizza Pie.

Around here (Missouri) when I hear people call it a Pizza Pie, they usually have a faint eastern accent.

I do occasionally call a Deep-Dish Pizza a "Pizza Pie", as it comes in a big, deep dish & more resembles an actual pie.

There is also a style of pizza where the toppings go Underneath the cheese & its a Deep Dish. With a solid layer of cheese on top & over an inch think, that would be a "Pizza Pie"

Btw, Carboard with cheese on it is NOT pizza. (There that should start the 'what's the right way to make pizza' ball rolling).

 

[Jdvn1]

Now I'm tempted to go to a restaurant and try ordering "pixa" just to see how the waiter reacts.

I knew some people who just refer to it as "zah".

My guess is that the two sound similar enough that the waiter wouldn't notice.

Although I do like "zah"--I wish I was cool enough to use it regularly.

 

[Desdichado]

Now I'm tempted to go to a restaurant and try ordering "pixa" just to see how the waiter reacts.

Probably wouldn't say anything. It wouldn't be polite to point out your minor speech impediment.

You wanna see waiters flip out, have a four year old ask them for Tabasco sauce instead of ketchup for their fries. My oldest son used to do that. Now he's old enough that it's not so strange, but when he was four, I don't think many took him seriously until my wife or I said, "yeah, seriously, bring Tabasco." Then they'd flip out.

 

[Jdvn1]

Probably wouldn't say anything. It wouldn't be polite to point out your minor speech impediment.

You wanna see waiters flip out, have a four year old ask them for Tabasco sauce instead of ketchup for their fries. My oldest son used to do that. Now he's old enough that it's not so strange, but when he was four, I don't think many took him seriously until my wife or I said, "yeah, seriously, bring Tabasco." Then they'd flip out.

... Why would they flip out? As a former waiter, I'd probably just bring both ketchup and tobasco sauce and let the parents work out any possible mistake.

 

[Desdichado]

... Why would they flip out? As a former waiter, I'd probably just bring both ketchup and tobasco sauce and let the parents work out any possible mistake.

Got me, but they do. Or, at least, they did quite often. Now that he's nine, they still think it odd, but it's not so unbelievable that an older kid might prefer Tabasco to ketchup.