Help, any Italians out there? | Larry Greenly | 05-Jul-2003 03:51
	What is your way of pronouncing "pizzelle," the round, crisp cookie?

	Help, any Italians out there? | G. Tassone | 12-Jul-2003 07:11
	Exactly as it is spelled: pi-zzel-le where "zz" is pronounced as ts, and "le" as leh. As others have pointed out, many southerners would drop the ending "e".

	Grandma Filigenzi pronounced it.... | Mike Filigenzi (Sacramento) Email | 07-Jul-2003 19:13
	pee-ZELL. She grew up in Pennsylvania, so she and my grandfather dropped the last vowel on everything. One of my fondest memories regarding her is the shoe boxes full of pizzelles she used to regularly send me while I was in college. Mike

	I asked around... | De Ivanhoe Email | 12-Jul-2003 15:53
	in pgh.food(the Pittsburgh food Usenet group)and got: "pi-TZELL-a or pi-TZEL-la...Kind of like Pizzaella (kind of like Barbarella or Vampirella, but she runs a Trattoria);-)" (heh) "pee-ZELL" "peets-TSEH-leh" and, um, "pizzle" so - I don't recollect ever seeing these, erm, flat, anise-flavored, sort-of-waffle-like cookies when I lived in Seattle. I missed them! Whereabouts are they available? US and world-wide. We certainly have them here in Pittsburgh, and now in different flavors. De

	Help, any Italians out there? | Jeremy Newel | 05-Jul-2003 05:39
	My Italian teacher (from the Veneto) says " peezELLay. Different areas of Italy drop the final e, more usually, but not exclusively, in the south.

	In Veneto | G. Tassone | 12-Jul-2003 07:13
	they would pronounce the word as "pizzele" with the single "l". Your teacher gave you the standard Italian pronunciation.

	I'm not Italian, but | Carl (Charleston, SC) Email | 05-Jul-2003 04:35
	my friends in Pittsburgh who were second and third generation Italian Americans pronouced it as Peez (as in Pizza) plus El (as in gazelle).