9 pasta names you're probably mispronouncing

There's you, a delicious bottle of red and a menu full of more pasta options than you ever could have imagined. The waiter saunters over to take your order and, cool as a cucumber, you say: "I'll have the orecchiette, grazi."

Except reality awkwardly hits in that moment, and you butcher every syllable of that pasta pronunciation, finally caving and asking the waiter for help. Here, a guide to help you avoid all that.

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