[Catherine Chandler]

Martin,

Why chocolate cardamom soufflé rather than fenugreek turmeric paté?

Maybe because it would be metrical suicide, or because fenugreek turmeric paté sounds like it would taste really gross !

[Brian Allgar]

Originally Posted by Maryann Corbett

Ann, that's curious; it works fine for me as

some BA sil AND o RE ga NO to TEST

Is "oregano" the culprit? Your suggestion hints that you're pronouncing it "O re GA no." Have we discovered another BrE vs AmE difference here? (Editing back after checking Wikipedia: Yep, that's the answer.)

Maryann, it goes further than that; I think you've also discovered an American/Italian difference.

The strange (to my ears) pronunciation

o RE ga NO

makes it sound like an Irish/American/Italian ex-President.

[Roger Slater]

Brian, the final syllable gets its stress only because of promotion. When we Americans say the word, the emphasis is very much on the second syllable, as you can listen to here. There are many words, I have noticed, that Americans pronounce with a stress on the third-to-last syllable but Brits pronounce with a stress on the second to last syllable. It's very FRUStrating to us, and probably frusTRATing to you.

[Ann Drysdale]

Resistance is fewtle.

[Brian Allgar]

Or should that be "Resistance is feudal"?