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It’s well known that Italian-Americans butcher many Italian words. For example I was raised to pronounce manicotti as ”mon-e-gaught”. The suffix letter “i” is dropped in many Italian words around here.
Also, in my family I was raised to refer to my butt as my “coolie”.
Last but not least, pizza is often called apizza (ah-beets) around here among the Italian-American community. I call it pizza but my grandmother used to refer to it strictly as apizza. New Haven: Pizza wasn’t invented here, it was perfected here!
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