A rant...forgive me.

Ok, this has been pissing me off for a while, so I'm just going to get it off my chest in the form of a blog that will most likely not be read by anyone.

Thank you, in Italian, is grazie.  It's pronounced grat-zee-eh.  Three syllables, grat-zee-eh.  Grazie.  It's not rocket science, it's just saying 'thank you' in another language.  

What I do not understand is why so many American tourists in Italy say it wrong.  About twenty times a day, I hear Americans saying 'grazi.'  Which is wrong.  It's grazie.  Grat-zee-eh.  Three syllables.  Not two.  

Listen, my Italian is dreadful.  It's really really shitty.  But I try.  My god, do I try.  But if anything, I'm confident that I can, at the very least, say 'thank you' correctly.   

So please, if you plan on traveling to Italy, or any other country where a foreign language is spoken, learn how to say 'thank you.'  

Gracias,

Megan