How Do You Pronounce Aldi?

Well, of course, it is a German brand after all. Though there's nothing wrong with the americanised version either; the only important thing to them is that you know their brand.

I've only ever heard it pronounced the second way

It stands for ALbrecht DIskont, and Albrecht is pronounced ALL-brekt, so it should be ALL-dee.

Brits say the first a’s in “piazza” and “Pavarotti” like the a in “apple.” Don’t take their advice about how to pronounce Aldi.

German pronunciation: Ahl-dee (not awl-dee)

Don't look to the British for the correct pronunciation of anything.

Their regional dialects and the concomitant pronunciation vagaries are all too deeply entwined with their class system. Any particular British pronunciation is merely a signal to various groups of Brits to hate you or to welcome you with open arms.

To be avoided at all costs.

Aldi, pronounced all-dee.

Connie says

The British also say " Oar-e-gone-o" and "Pit -a"

This debate is incredibly stupid. Even within Germany there are regional dialects, so who's to say which is the "correct" one we should try to imitate?

[quote] Their regional dialects and the concomitant pronunciation vagaries

"Concomitant" is redundant. Big words don't necessarily make your writing better.

R5 is correct. Neither "all-dee" nor "al-dee" (as in the male nickname Al) is correct as this is a German term.

And R10? Hochdeutsch.

r9 Don't forget PASS-tah.

The correct pronunciation is: "crap - store"

[quote]"crap - store"

That would be Wal-Mart.

And the Brits also call this dish Pie - el- lah. With pronounced 'Ls'

[quote] How Do You Pronounce Aldi?

ˈhō-lē ˈtem-pəl

Origanum vulgare ( modern Oregano, Wild Marjoram ) has been grown in Britain for 2000 years, so the English pronunciation is closer to the Latin name. English rarely conforms strictly to foreign pronunciations.

Sound it out:

U-ARE-POOR-TRASH

I don't pronounce it at all. Don't go there. They sell shit generic brands.

The Latin accentuation of orīganum puts the stress on the third to last syllable, so Italian orégano—which American pronunciation follows—is etymologically correct. Perhaps the British oregáno was originally popularized by the same ignoramus who got everyone to say "your anus" instead of the correct Ūranus.

r18 and r19 shop at I-OVER-PAY-FOR-EYE-DEN-TICKLE-STUF

We avoid "crap - store" Aldi because we have "Bel - la - Fi - gur - a".

You are what you show to the world.

our television commercials pronounce it All-di

By the way, this is called Ee Kay Ah

R20 I was just pointing out that a lot of the British pronunciations are 'hard coded' over thousands of years.

You would have very strange conversations in the UK if you suddenly started to add the 'correct' pronunciation of words in when they have existed in their current form for as long as anybody can remember.