Mental Floss

The Right Way to Pronounce Açaí

Açaí berries are delicious. They're also hard to pronounce. | Camilia Neves Rodrigues da Silva, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0 The açaí berry is found on açaí palm trees in South American ...
AOL

Here's How You Actually Pronounce 'Acai.'

Head over to Instagram and take a quick scroll through the hashtag #acaibowl. What do you see? Nearly 1.4 million pictures of purple-ish bowls crowned with aesthetically pleasing rows of toppings, ...
JD Supra

I May Not Be Able To Pronounce Acai But I Know It Doesn’t Burn Fat Cells: 5 Recent Over-the-Top Weight Loss Advertising Claims And How The Federal Trade Commission Responded

Some say “ah-sigh;” I say “ah-kai;” but apparently the proper pronunciation of “acai” — the so-called super berry — is actually “ah-sigh-ee.” Who knew? Acai berries are native to the Amazon rainforest ...
WRAL

Açaí, gyro, gnocchi: WRAL viewers try to pronounce most Googled words

We visited parks near downtown Cary and asked 10 people to pronounce açaí, gyro, gnocchi and Worcestershire. No one pronounced every word correctly! Several people mispronounced Worcestershire, and a ...
The Courier-Mail

Opinion: Pronunciation can tongue tie us – look no further than quinoa, sushi and acai bowls

WORDS are tricky. For example, trendy foods like quinoa, sushi and acai seeds. And as for acai, I’m not sure what it is, let alone how to pronounce it, writes Sue Wighton. Mispronunciation is rife and ...