Nigella Lawson addresses her controversial “microwave” pronunciation.Photo:David M. Benett/Dave Benett/GettyNigella Lawsonis setting the record straight on her iconic mispronunciation.Three years ago, thecelebrity chef mispronounced “microwave”as “mee-krow-wah-vay” on an episode of her U.K. cooking showEat, Cook, Repeat.The British chef, 63, was explaining the steps on how to make brown butter colcannon when the interesting pronunciation slipped from her mouth.“I still need a bit of milk, full fat, that I’ve warmed in the mee-krow-wah-vay,” she said in the clip, which quickly caused an uproar on social media.“I wasn’t quite aware I’d said it because that’s what I call it at home,” Lawson said told BBC’s Jon Kay for an episodeBBC Breakfast, which aired on Christmas.At the time, people were debating if Lawsonreallypronounces “microwave” that way, so the chef clarified that she does but “not because I think that’s how it’s actually pronounced.”Now, Lawson said the whole ordeal has changed the way she pronounces the word — again. “It’s made me quite self-conscious,” she told Kay. “I tend to refer to it as the ‘you know what’ now.”Despite some critics, she said that many supporters got in touch with her saying that they relate to her silly mishap.“And what’s quite interesting is that a lot of people got in touch with me to tell me what their family mispronunciations are because so many families do have that,” she explained. “They mispronounce a word either because a child in the family could never say it properly and that’s become part of their family language or just because they make jokes and they stick.”In 2021, Lawson toldPEOPLEshe understood why some viewers thought she was serious about the pronunciation. “I did it with a straight face, I suppose,” she said.
Nigella Lawson addresses her controversial “microwave” pronunciation.Photo:David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
Nigella Lawsonis setting the record straight on her iconic mispronunciation.Three years ago, thecelebrity chef mispronounced “microwave”as “mee-krow-wah-vay” on an episode of her U.K. cooking showEat, Cook, Repeat.The British chef, 63, was explaining the steps on how to make brown butter colcannon when the interesting pronunciation slipped from her mouth.“I still need a bit of milk, full fat, that I’ve warmed in the mee-krow-wah-vay,” she said in the clip, which quickly caused an uproar on social media.“I wasn’t quite aware I’d said it because that’s what I call it at home,” Lawson said told BBC’s Jon Kay for an episodeBBC Breakfast, which aired on Christmas.At the time, people were debating if Lawsonreallypronounces “microwave” that way, so the chef clarified that she does but “not because I think that’s how it’s actually pronounced.”Now, Lawson said the whole ordeal has changed the way she pronounces the word — again. “It’s made me quite self-conscious,” she told Kay. “I tend to refer to it as the ‘you know what’ now.”Despite some critics, she said that many supporters got in touch with her saying that they relate to her silly mishap.“And what’s quite interesting is that a lot of people got in touch with me to tell me what their family mispronunciations are because so many families do have that,” she explained. “They mispronounce a word either because a child in the family could never say it properly and that’s become part of their family language or just because they make jokes and they stick.”In 2021, Lawson toldPEOPLEshe understood why some viewers thought she was serious about the pronunciation. “I did it with a straight face, I suppose,” she said.
Nigella Lawsonis setting the record straight on her iconic mispronunciation.
Three years ago, thecelebrity chef mispronounced “microwave”as “mee-krow-wah-vay” on an episode of her U.K. cooking showEat, Cook, Repeat.The British chef, 63, was explaining the steps on how to make brown butter colcannon when the interesting pronunciation slipped from her mouth.
“I still need a bit of milk, full fat, that I’ve warmed in the mee-krow-wah-vay,” she said in the clip, which quickly caused an uproar on social media.
“I wasn’t quite aware I’d said it because that’s what I call it at home,” Lawson said told BBC’s Jon Kay for an episodeBBC Breakfast, which aired on Christmas.
At the time, people were debating if Lawsonreallypronounces “microwave” that way, so the chef clarified that she does but “not because I think that’s how it’s actually pronounced.”
Now, Lawson said the whole ordeal has changed the way she pronounces the word — again. “It’s made me quite self-conscious,” she told Kay. “I tend to refer to it as the ‘you know what’ now.”
Despite some critics, she said that many supporters got in touch with her saying that they relate to her silly mishap.
“And what’s quite interesting is that a lot of people got in touch with me to tell me what their family mispronunciations are because so many families do have that,” she explained. “They mispronounce a word either because a child in the family could never say it properly and that’s become part of their family language or just because they make jokes and they stick.”
In 2021, Lawson toldPEOPLEshe understood why some viewers thought she was serious about the pronunciation. “I did it with a straight face, I suppose,” she said.
source: people.com
