Wondering how to pronunce a certain name?

[shootingstar]

I remember watching a Food Network show that explained the origin of beignet..and amazed that the American show didn't even acknowledge it came originally from French cuisine,....which is a term in its original French word is also used in southern Germany. Not surprising since that Alsace in France used to be part a Germanic state.

The narrator just explained when beignets were introduced into the U.S....now the doughnut.

Of course, I bow deeply to the French and southern Germans, that beignets are NOT at all like the doughnuts that we associate here in North America. I only know this because my German partner's mother used to make them.

We do use the original foreign language word for same thing in English language dialogue, a certain noodle stir-fry dish has a completely different word when one talks about CHinese cuisine, Japanese cuisnes or Thai cuisine. There are some dishes that are exactly the same in execution, ingredients and taste across those 3 countires.