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Why do people pronounce it wrong?
Why is Gouda cheese pronounced 'Gooda', when it should be pronounced...'Gowda'????
4 Answers
- Chetak.Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Local language and customs.
You say 'To mate o', I say 'to maa to'
- 1 decade ago
Gouda is not an English word. It is the name of a name of a city (where the cheese is from) in the Netherlands and is actually pronounced "guh-oo-da". But Americans tend to shorten and simplify everything they say and so it became "goo-da".
The English language is also a compilation of many other languages, therefore many words that are spelled similarly (foot, food) are pronounced very differently.
Although it is being pronounced incorrectly, it is not pronounced "gowda".
Source(s): wikipedia.com dictionary.com - 1 decade ago
For the same reason that foods like Bruschetta and Gyro are mispronounced, they weren't English terms to begin with.
