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By Michael San Filippo, About.com Guide to Italian Language

Brooshetta? Bruscetta? Brushetta? Bruschetta!

Saturday January 10, 2004
A food critic with the Sydney Morning Herald complains about the sloppy pronunciation of Italian food items on a local menu and concludes that: "If you can't spell it, you shouldn't try to cook it."

Many times in English-speaking countries Italian words are misspelled on menus, in publications, and even advertisements.

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