Lorna at Vicenza

One word I have heard on USA reality Tv is critique.

It's so wrong to me that I don't even know how to spell it.
What happened to criticise?


Pretty sure I heard the word "honestry" on another show yesterday.

dakota44

A critique is an analysis, which can be positive or negative, whereas criticize is generally negative.

CAdreaming

hmm they dont seem to talk like this in the Boro but maybe it's changed in the couple of months Ive been away?
If i get asked the way to the footy stadium I can say

"It's way over yonder down by the River Tees forsooth"

Lorna at Vicenza

But what about when it's used as a verb ,,,,,,, I'm going to critique you now.....


Surely it should be criticise or critisize?

Sally Redux

I think you can critique someone, thinking of art 'crits'.

Lorna at Vicenza

I still think it should be something like "I'll give my opinion " and not "I will critique you".

And in everyday walks of life - who the hell are you to critique me !

another bloody yank

I'm glad you're here.

I'd like to discuss the concept of "Hospitaliano". I want to implement it at home, but apparently it's been trademarked. Any way I can get around this?

nethead

Hmmm now you have me thinking too much about this, but I understand what you're saying, it seems to have become a more popular thing to say with regards to shows like American Idol etc. But grammar wise you're probably right

Lorna at Vicenza

Not an actual Italian word - but if you'd like to discuss the merits and bad points of hospitality or ospitalita', then I'm all yours.

Lorna at Vicenza

Thank you.

I first came across it on So You Think You Can Dance which was transmitted on Sky Italy.
One of the judges is/was british and even he had picked up this critique. ... or he was being deliberately American.

another bloody yank

I just discovered that myself. Dirty trick.

If you were to consult an Italian dictionary or ask an Italian on the street for the definition of Hospitaliano! you wouldn't get a good answer. That's because Olive Garden invented the word. We believe the word and its meaning are unique to Olive Garden, and we are commited to helping our servers deliver Hospitaliano! so it cannot be copied. It's a part of the vocabulary of the language we at Olive Garden all speak fluently.

Bastards. I trusted them.

Sally Redux

kimilseung

I have heard and used critique, long before I came to America.

Everyday life? When you said on reality TV, I assumed you were talking about cooking and fashion competition shows, in such shows I would expect to hear the word. Can you give examples what you mean in everyday life?

Lorna at Vicenza

I hope you're not telling me that words like hospitaliano are normal .... just like bruschetta is pronounced without the K sound in the middle and risotto is a riz-oat-oh but not a risotto!


AMERICANS TAKE NOTE

BRUSCJHETTA IS prounouced BRUSKETTA

RISOTTO is : RIZ-OTT-OH

GNOCCHI is NOT know- ki but NOK_KI

nethead

Yeah, I can't get to grips with how Americans say risotto, it's very annoying. But is bruschetta pronounced with a soft shhhh sound? That's how I would say it...