How Brooklyn Italians pronounce Mario!

[@WulffDen]

Absolutely terrific detective work. From now on this is the video I'm sending to people when they make fun of me

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Thank you so much! I loved your video, it inspired me to make this. So it truly is an honor for me to know that you enjoyed this.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

And please do feel free to send this to other people, share it, etc. It really has not been getting that many views. It's been kind of disappointing for me.

[@throwbackswiththetechnodrome]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff would you mind posting the link to the video inspired you to make this one?

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

@@throwbackswiththetechnodrome Sure! Here's Wulff Den's "How To Pronounce Mario" video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXWoopyHq81ppas

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

There's also this video on how to pronounce Mario, which got a much higher view count. But this was not the video that inspired me personally to make my video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnnUk5alaqegipY

[@coltonk.3086]

I really don't like "May-ree-oh", but I absolutely love "Mah-ri-oh".

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Thanks for watching and commenting. But who says MAY-ree-oh?

[@coltonk.3086]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff Actually, I might be thinking of "Marry-oh"

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

@@coltonk.3086 You're entitled to your opinion. Just remember: if Mario was a real person, he'd pronounce his own name the way you don't like it (assuming he was born in the USA, as opposed to being born in Italy and moving to the US).

[@coltonk.3086]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff I don't think I'm able to properly word it. I don't know, but I really like how everyone here is pronouncing it.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

@@coltonk.3086 Oh, okay. Cool. I'm glad you like it.

[@ArranVid]

Anyway, thank you very much for the video. It was interesting to hear 🙂

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@ArranVid]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff You are welcome 🙂

[@TheUltimateMarioFan]

Cool video! As an Italian speaker, it's pronounced "Mah-ree-oh". Any differentiations are a result of the New York/Jersey diphthong. And yes, I've been there and the Little Italy in NYC is sadly extremely small. Thanks for sharing his hometown with other paisanos!

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

My pleasure! Thank you so much for watching, I'm so glad that you liked it.

[@KirbyMasterArchives]

Italian Americans say Marry-oh

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Indeed they do!

[@throwbackswiththetechnodrome]

This is eerie, I grew up in Dyker and Bensonhurst and you showed so many of the key businesses just a block or two from where I grew up, it’s heart warming seeing all these places in a public forum like this. I can vouch that growing up I never heard ANYONE pronounce it Mah-rio, everyone said Marry-o, including people NAMED Mario. The only time I heard Mah-rio was on tv and it sounded so artificial. What you say about the neighborhoods is true, especially Bensonhurst, it was exclusively Italian in my parents’ generation, strongly Italian when I was a kid, and majority Chinese with some Italian stalwarts by time I moved away a few years ago. I hope you got some good food during your visit! -Cast

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me. When I made this video, I was trying to do two things simultaneously: show how Italians pronounce the name Mario, and also document these neighborhoods in the year 2023. So to hear someone from Bensonhurst say that I documented the neighborhood accurately here, is quite a compliment. Thank you very much. And please feel free to share this video with any of your friends and family from the neighborhood. I'd love to read their comments on the video as well.

[@throwbackswiththetechnodrome]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff I sent to some of my friends I grew up with as well and they loved seeing the area highlighted this way, thanks for shining a light on some great local businesses…and for showing that Mahrio is just wrong lmao

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

@@throwbackswiththetechnodrome Thank you so much for sending this to them. I'm glad they liked it.

[@directionlessatm]

I grew up in New Jersey and always called it Marry-oh, everyone else I knew did too. I didn’t know any other way until I moved across the county!

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Now that you moved across the country, how do people react when they hear the way you pronounce it?

[@directionlessatm]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff oh it’s hilarious. They were confused and first and would correct me. Same with the word orange, anything like that, and I have the least heavy accent in my family. I tell them, if only you could hear my uncle Stan, my parents, aunts etc.

[@Mrmoe198]

Well done! In the Midwest people sent to say it similar to the Italian version, Ma-rio like in Mark. The Brits have their own pronunciation where they say Merry-o. this one British KZbinr, even put together a whole video with a fellow British apologist linguist to validate the pronunciation. Facepalm the whole time.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Thanks! And, yes, I saw Thomas Game Docs' video after I posted this one. I thought it was excellent!

[@NK-vd8xi]

Brits don't say Merry-O, they say Marry-O, the two are very different to Brits.

[@johnvem949]

2:07 That guy is so funny!

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

He was quite friendly. He wanted to talk about all kinds of other things. But I told him that all I wanted for this video was to hear how he pronounces Mario.

[@DjZephy]

Man this video needs so many more views! Excellent content!

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Thank you so much! I'm very glad you like it. If you think it should have more views, then please feel free to share it on Facebook (or any social media) and spread it around. Thanks!

[@gooddoor699]

Video of the century what a champion

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Thank you so much! If you think this video deserves more views, please feel free to post it on social media and try to spread the word about it.

[@Anthropomorphic]

Yeah, that's what it sounds like to me, too. The Italian-born pronunciation is probably closer to the Japanese one as well.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Yes, in WulffDen's video he went over the Japanese pronunciation.

[@MaraleyS]

THANK YOU!! I am NOT Italian American, but I am from New Jersey and grew up in an Italian American area. I either say MAH-RIO (Italian pronounciation) or Marry-oh (Italian American). I have HEATED discussions with people from outside the Tri-state area about the pronounciation, and it pisses me off because I pronounce my name as MAH-RA not MARR-A and people tell me I am wrong. Eff you, its MAH-RA and its MAH-RIO

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching... Although you're likely not a comic book fan, I'll tell you: Supergirl's real name is Kara. In the 1980s Supergirl movie, all animations, and Smallville, it was always pronounced "Kah-ra." Then when the Supergirl TV show came out, they pronounced it "car-ah." And people started telling me that I'm wrong to pronounce it as Kah-ra.

[@ltlwatcher]

Tomato, tomato

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

There are different ways to pronounce that word!

[@ArranVid]

The people from Italy would tell the correct pronunciation. The Italian-Americans, for the most part, might not get the pronunciation as accurate as the Italians do.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

But where does the character of Mario live? Italy or Brooklyn?

[@californiaman4000]

Please do Captain America movie (1979 Reb Brown).

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Well, Captain America is just a kid from Brooklyn. Perhaps he was once friends with Mario and Luigi! But seriously, I've actually never seen that 1979 version with Reb Brown (although I have seen the 1990 version with Matt Salinger several times). Where can I now watch the 1979 version?

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

Do you know if it was ever released on DVD?

[@ivane5110]

It was definitely released on DVD, since I owned it (it had both of Reb's on it; the 1st and the sequal with the more accurate costume). I second the idea of doing a video on it (I loved the original TV Marvel live universe).

[@californiaman4000]

@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff it came out on DVD around the time Captain America The First Avenger movie came out.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

@@californiaman4000 I found a DVD at a good price on eBay. I ordered it. I will watch it and see what I think. Is the movie something that I want to make a video about? Is it something that I feel I can make a good video about? I'll see soon enough.

[@specialcookday]

U say my ree ohh sounds clear. Next 2 grow is So Cali San Diego. I seen lots east Italians have opened new places in San Diego. Don't worry West coast are getting large.

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

I've never been to San Diego (I've been to Los Angeles, which is not that far. But I've never been to San Diego). If I ever do visit, I'll surely try to see their Little Italy. And if you'd like to make a video about how people in San Diego's Little Italy pronounce Mario, I'd love to watch!

[@nolanl3343]

This debate is easily settled by learning that the name is a gender bent version of Mary. Many Italians are Catholic and the name Mary is very popular (or was), and so the created a male equivalent for their sons. My wife is an italian from Long Island and she says it "Mary-oh"

[@Joelikesmoviesnstuff]

The name Mario is not a gender bent version of Mary - but a gender bent version of Maria. Yes, I realize that Maria is the Italian translation of Mary. But that doesn't mean the two names are meant to be pronounced the same... I've heard many Italians pronounce it "marry-oh" (including Italians who are NAMED Mario), but I've never heard anyone pronounce it "mary-oh" before.