pizza HOOT
we were in germany about a month ago. it was a wonderful visit. my wife and i both speak a little german. enough to get by anyway. but that pesky native language kept creeping in. we always read pizza hut as pizza hut. hut like the shack. then one day we heard the voice of an enthusiastic native woman with kids in tow say pizza HOOT which would be the german pronunciation of aich-yoo-tee if not the extra emphasis on the HOOT. hut (hoot) in german means hat. my wife and i got a severe case of the giggles imagining german epicurians walking around with fresh baked pizzas on their heads. hot melted cheese running down their shoulders.